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Psychiatry Online, The Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences, 4(21), p. 381-392

DOI: 10.1176/jnp.2009.21.4.381

Psychiatry Online, The Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences, 4(21), p. 381-392

DOI: 10.1176/appi.neuropsych.21.4.381

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Treatment of Resistant Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder With Ventral Capsular/Ventral Striatal Gamma Capsulotomy: A Pilot Prospective Study

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Abstract

A subgroup of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) patients remains refractory to conventional treatments. For them, a new stereotactic radiosurgery has been recently developed: the ventral capsular/ventral striatal (VC/VS) gamma capsulotomy. The authors aim to report efficacy and adverse events of VC/VS gamma capsulotomy. Five refractory OCD patients were selected. The authors assessed OCD, anxiety and depressive symptoms, and side effects pre- and postoperatively. Three patients (60%) met response criteria 48 months after surgery. Adverse effects were episodic and transient. Ventral capsular/ventral striatal gamma capsulotomy holds therapeutic promise, with few adverse effects.