Electrical stimulation in anterior limbs of internal capsules in patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder

B Nuttin; P Cosyns; H Demeulemeester; J Gybels; B Meyerson

doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(99)02376-4

Electrical stimulation in anterior limbs of internal capsules in patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder

Lancet. 1999 Oct 30;354(9189):1526. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(99)02376-4.

Authors

B Nuttin, P Cosyns, H Demeulemeester, J Gybels, B Meyerson

PMID: 10551504
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(99)02376-4

Abstract

Chronic electrical stimulation instead of bilateral capsulotomy was done in four selected patients with long-standing treatment-resistant obsessive-compulsive disorder. In three of them beneficial effects were observed.

Publication types

Clinical Trial
Letter
Randomized Controlled Trial
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Adult
Double-Blind Method
Electric Stimulation Therapy*
Female
Humans
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder / therapy*
Statistics, Nonparametric