Stereotaxic cingulotomy in the complex treatment of a schizophrenic patient with obsessive-compulsive disorder, resistant to treatment
Shustin, V.A.; Korzenev, A.V.; Gorskiĭ, G.D.; Vovin, R.I.
Zhurnal Nevropatologii i Psikhiatrii Imeni S.S. Korsakova 91(5): 92-95
1991
ISSN/ISBN: 0044-4588 PMID: 1654718 Document Number: 379976
The authors describe a case of continuous conservative treatment of a patient suffering from severe obsessions. At the definite stage of the disease, the patient underwent psychosurgical operation--bilateral anterior stereotaxic cingulotomy . The surgical intervention was necessitated by dramatic and steady deterioration of the patient's condition, loss of work fitness, suggesting official registration of disability; appearance of suicidal intentions. After the operation the patient started his work again in accordance with his specialty; the question about disability registration did not arise any more.