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Prog Neurol Surg ; 34: 289-297, 2019.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-31096225

ABSTRACT

Psychiatric illnesses create great suffering for patients and the medical solution is sometimes limited. The experience observed after treating patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), depression, and anorexia nervosa by Gamma Knife radiosurgery (GKRS) is presented. Ten patients with medically refractory OCD, 3 patients with depression resistant to medical treatment and electroconvulsive therapy, and 5 patients with refractory anorexia nervosa have been treated. Bilateral anterior capsulotomy has been performed to treat OCD and bilateral cingulotomy has been applied to treat severe depression and anorexia nervosa. The accumulated experience about treatment of OCD by GKRS is reviewed. In our experience, 70% of OCD patients achieved a full response. We observed a significant improvement in patients with depression and anorexia nervosa evidenced by the scales of assessment (mean reduction of 40% in the Beck Depression Inventory at 1-year follow-up and 40% average increase of body mass index at 6-month follow-up). No side effects have been observed. These procedures are effective in reducing obsession, compulsion, depression, and anxiety, improving the quality of life of the patients without side effects.


Subject(s)
Anorexia Nervosa/therapy , Depressive Disorder, Treatment-Resistant/therapy , Gyrus Cinguli , Internal Capsule , Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder/therapy , Outcome Assessment, Health Care , Radiosurgery/methods , Adult , Anorexia Nervosa/surgery , Depressive Disorder, Treatment-Resistant/surgery , Female , Gyrus Cinguli/radiation effects , Gyrus Cinguli/surgery , Humans , Internal Capsule/radiation effects , Internal Capsule/surgery , Male , Middle Aged , Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder/surgery
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Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-29100975

ABSTRACT

BACKGROUND: Neurosurgeries such as gamma ventral capsulotomy (GVC) are an option for otherwise intractable obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) patients. In general, clinical and neuropsychological status both improve after GVC. However, its consequences on personality traits are not well-studied. The objective of this study was to investigate personality changes after one year of GVC in intractable OCD patients. METHODS: The personality assessment was conducted using the Revised NEO Personality Inventory (NEO PI-R) and Cloninger's Temperament and Character Inventory (TCI) in 14 intractable OCD patients before and one year after GVC. Comparisons of personality features between treatment responders (n=5) and non-responders (n=9) were performed. Multiple linear regression was also used for predicting changes in clinical and global functioning variables. RESULTS: Overall, no deleterious effect was found in personality after GVC. Responders had a reduction in neuroticism (p=0.043) and an increase in extraversion (p=0.043). No significant changes were observed in non-responders. Increases in novelty seeking and self-directedness, and decreases in persistence and cooperativiness predicted OCD symptom improvement. Similary, improvement in functioning was also predicted by hgher novelty seeking and self-directedness after GVC, whereas better functioning was also associated with lower reward dependence and cooperativeness after surgery. CONCLUSIONS: The pattern of changes in personality traits after GVC was generally towards that observed in nonclinical population, and does not raise safety concerns.


Subject(s)
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder/psychology , Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder/therapy , Personality , Adult , Female , Follow-Up Studies , Humans , Internal Capsule/radiation effects , Linear Models , Male , Personality Inventory , Psychiatric Status Rating Scales , Radiosurgery , Treatment Outcome
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Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys ; 74(3): 837-43, 2009 Jul 01.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-19117694

ABSTRACT

PURPOSE: To determine whether childhood medulloblastoma and acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) survivors have decreased white matter fractional anisotropy (WMFA) and whether WMFA is related to the speed of processing and motor speed. METHODS AND MATERIALS: For this study, 17 patients (6 medulloblastoma, 5 ALL treated with high-dose methotrexate (MTX) (4 x 5 g/m(2)) and 6 with low-dose MTX (3 x 2 g/m(2))) and 17 age-matched controls participated. On a 3.0-T magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanner, diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) was performed, and WMFA values were calculated, including specific regions of interest (ROIs), and correlated with the speed of processing and motor speed. RESULTS: Mean WMFA in the patient group, mean age 14 years (range 8.9 - 16.9), was decreased compared with the control group (p = 0.01), as well as WMFA in the right inferior fronto-occipital fasciliculus (IFO) (p = 0.03) and in the genu of the corpus callosum (gCC) (p = 0.01). Based on neurocognitive results, significant positive correlations were present between processing speed and WMFA in the splenium (sCC) (r = 0.53, p = 0.03) and the body of the corpus callosum (bCC) (r = 0.52, p = 0.03), whereas the right IFO WMFA was related to motor speed (r = 0.49, p < 0.05). CONCLUSIONS: White matter tracts, using a 3.0-T MRI scanner, show impairment in childhood cancer survivors, medulloblastoma survivors, and also those treated with high doses of MTX. In particular, white matter tracts in the sCC, bCC and right IFO are positively correlated with speed of processing and motor speed.


Subject(s)
Brain Neoplasms/physiopathology , Medulloblastoma/physiopathology , Mental Processes/physiology , Motor Activity/physiology , Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma/physiopathology , Adolescent , Analysis of Variance , Anisotropy , Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic/administration & dosage , Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic/adverse effects , Brain Neoplasms/drug therapy , Brain Neoplasms/radiotherapy , Case-Control Studies , Child , Corpus Callosum/drug effects , Corpus Callosum/physiopathology , Diffusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging/methods , Humans , Intelligence/drug effects , Intelligence/physiology , Intelligence/radiation effects , Internal Capsule/drug effects , Internal Capsule/physiopathology , Internal Capsule/radiation effects , Medulloblastoma/drug therapy , Medulloblastoma/radiotherapy , Mental Processes/drug effects , Methotrexate/administration & dosage , Methotrexate/adverse effects , Motor Activity/drug effects , Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma/drug therapy , Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma/radiotherapy , Prospective Studies , Statistics, Nonparametric , Survivors
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Neurosurgery ; 57(4 Suppl): E403; discussion E403, 2005 Oct.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-16234657

ABSTRACT

OBJECTIVE AND IMPORTANCE: Medical treatment of Tourette syndrome is often ineffective or is accompanied by debilitating side effects, therefore prompting the need to evaluate surgical therapies. CLINICAL PRESENTATION: We present the case of a 37-year-old woman with severe Tourette syndrome since the age of 10 years. Her symptoms included frequent vocalizations and severe head and arm jerks that resulted in unilateral blindness. Trials of more than 40 medications and other therapies had failed to relieve the tics. INTERVENTION: We implanted bilateral electrodes in the anterior limb of the internal capsule, terminating in the vicinity of the nucleus accumbens. At 18-month follow-up, optimal stimulation continued to lower her tic frequency and severity significantly. CONCLUSION: Our findings suggest that stimulation of the anterior internal capsule may be a safe and effective procedure for the treatment of Tourette syndrome.


Subject(s)
Deep Brain Stimulation/methods , Internal Capsule/physiopathology , Tourette Syndrome/surgery , Adult , Diagnosis, Computer-Assisted/methods , Dose-Response Relationship, Radiation , Electrodes, Implanted , Female , Follow-Up Studies , Humans , Internal Capsule/radiation effects , Magnetic Resonance Imaging/methods , Tourette Syndrome/physiopathology , Treatment Outcome
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