The treatment of Gilles de la Tourette syndrome by limbic leucotomy

M Robertson; M Doran; M Trimble; A J Lees

doi:10.1136/jnnp.53.8.691

The treatment of Gilles de la Tourette syndrome by limbic leucotomy

J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 1990 Aug;53(8):691-4. doi: 10.1136/jnnp.53.8.691.

Authors

M Robertson¹, M Doran, M Trimble, A J Lees

Affiliation

¹ Department of Neurology, National Hospital for Nervous Diseases, London.

Abstract

A patient with Gilles de la Tourette syndrome and severe self-injurious compulsions who had failed to respond to drug treatment and behavioural therapy obtained a complete and sustained resolution of his destructive behaviour and improvement in his tics following bilateral limbic leucotomy.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Compulsive Behavior / surgery
Electrocoagulation / methods
Frontal Lobe / surgery
Gyrus Cinguli / surgery
Humans
Limbic System / surgery*
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Male
Postoperative Complications / diagnosis
Psychosurgery / methods*
Self Mutilation / surgery
Stereotaxic Techniques
Tourette Syndrome / surgery*