Experts say psychosurgery or deep brain stimulation (DBS) has shown promising results in the treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorder, depressive disorders, and Tourette syndrome.
Jens Kuhn (University of Cologne) and Theo P J Gr|nder (Max Planck Institute, Cologne) and their co-authors have given an introduction to the method in the current issue of Deutsches Drzteblatt International.
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Improvement rates of between 35percent and 70percent, in treatment-resistant obsessive-compulsive disorder, depression, and Tourette syndrome, were noted.
Also, the rate of side effects associated with DBS was usually low and mostly reversible by modulating the stimulation parameters.
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To administer DBS, two electrodes are implanted into the patient that deliver continuous, high frequency, short electrical impulses, enabling modulation of the functional neuronal ircuits. The electrodes are connected via a cable to an impulse generator, which is usually implanted below the collarbone.
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