Background: Recently, a new thermal lesioning approach using magnetic resonance–
guided focused ultrasound (MRgFUS) was introduced for the treatment of neurologic …

Despite optimal pharmacotherapy and cognitive-behavioral treatments, a proportion of
patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) remain refractory to treatment …

Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) and major depressive disorder (MDD) are common,
often refractory, neuropsychiatric conditions for which new treatment approaches are …

Surgical treatment for psychiatric disorders, such as obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)
and depression, using ablative techniques, such as cingulotomy and capsulotomy, have …

Obsessive-compulsive disorder is a debilitating and often refractory psychiatric disorder.
Magnetic resonance-guided focused ultrasound is a novel, minimally invasive …

In order to study the clinical effect of bilateral capsulotomy in patients with refractory
obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), 35 patients with refractory obsessive compulsive …

Importance Select cases of intractable obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) have
undergone neurosurgical ablation for more than half a century. However, to our knowledge …

Background Despite the development of effective pharmacologic and cognitive behavioral
treatments for obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), some patients continue to be treatment …

Context Capsulotomy is sometimes used as a treatment of last resort in severe and
treatment-refractory cases of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). Objective To evaluate …

Background Obsessive-compulsive disease (OCD) is a severe psychiatric disorder suffers
tens of millions of people around the world. There are many treatment options available …