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Magnetic Resonance Imaging-Guided Laser Thermal Ventral Capsulotomy for Intractable Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder.

Nicole C R McLaughlinPeter M LauroMorgan T PatrickFrancesco G PucciAdriel Barrios-AndersonBenjamin D GreenbergSteven A RasmussenWael F Asaad
Published in: Neurosurgery (2021)
LITT ventral capsulotomy was generally well tolerated, with promising evidence of effectiveness in the largest such series to date. Results were comparable to those after gamma knife ventral capsulotomy, as well as ventral anterior limb deep brain stimulation.
Keyphrases
  • deep brain stimulation
  • obsessive compulsive disorder
  • parkinson disease
  • magnetic resonance imaging
  • randomized controlled trial
  • systematic review
  • spinal cord
  • spinal cord injury
  • high speed
  • contrast enhanced