Neuropsychological outcome of ventral capsular/ventral striatal gamma capsulotomy for refractory obsessive-compulsive disorder: a pilot study.
Five refractory obsessive-compulsive patients were assessed using a neuropsychological battery after a modified gamma knife capsulotomy. The surgical technique was not associated with profound cognitive deficits. The authors found improvements in attention, vocabulary, learning, abstract reasoning, and memory.
Taub
Anita
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Obsessive Compulsive Spectrum Disorders Program (PROTOC), Department of Psychiatry, University of São Paulo School of Medicine, R. Dr. Ovídio Pires de Campos, 785, 3 degrees andar, sala 9, São Paulo, SP 01060-970, Brazil. anita_taub@uol.com.br
Lopes
Antonio Carlos
AC
Fuentes
Daniel
D
D'Alcante
Carina Chaubet
CC
de Mathis
Maria Eugenia
ME
Canteras
Miguel Montes
MM
Siviero
Marilena
M
Greenberg
Benjamin D
BD
Norén
Georg
G
Batistuzzo
Marcelo
M
Hoexter
Marcelo Queiroz
MQ
Cecílio
Soraya
S
Savage
Cary
C
Rasmussen
Steven
S
Miguel
Euripedes Constantino
EC
D000328:Adult; D001288:Attention; D001479:Basal Ganglia / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007360:Intelligence; D020772:Internal Capsule / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D007802:Language; D007858:Learning; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D009771:Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D018579:Patient Selection; D010865:Pilot Projects; D016634:Radiosurgery; D016896:Treatment Outcome