Comparative effectiveness of neuroablation and deep brain stimulation for treatment-resistant obsessive-compulsive disorder: a meta-analytic study.

Kevin K KumarGeoffrey AppelboomLayton LamsamArthur L CaplanNolan R WilliamsMahendra T BhatiSherman C Stein Casey H Halpern

Published in: Journal of neurology, neurosurgery, and psychiatry (2019)

Overall, ABL utility was greater than DBS, with ABL showing a greater per cent improvement in Y-BOCS than DBS. These findings help guide success thresholds in future clinical trials for treatment refractory OCD.

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