A study of novel bilateral thermal capsulotomy with focused ultrasound for treatment-refractory obsessive–compulsive disorder: 2-year follow-up
Author(s) -
Se Joo Kim,
Daeyoung Roh,
Hyun Ho Jung,
Won Seok Chang,
ChanHyung Kim,
Jin Woo Chang
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
journal of psychiatry and neuroscience
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.767
H-Index - 99
eISSN - 1488-2434
pISSN - 1180-4882
DOI - 10.1503/jpn.170188
Subject(s) - hamilton anxiety rating scale , clinical global impression , refractory (planetary science) , adverse effect , hamilton rating scale for depression , anxiety , rating scale , depression (economics) , medicine , global assessment of functioning , psychology , psychiatry , schizophrenia (object oriented programming) , placebo , major depressive disorder , cognition , developmental psychology , physics , alternative medicine , pathology , astrobiology , economics , macroeconomics
Bilateral thermal lesioning of the anterior limb of the internal capsule using MRgFUS may improve obsessive-compulsive, depressive and anxiety symptoms in patients with treatment-refractory OCD, without serious adverse effects.
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