Stereotactic Amygdalotomy for Convulsive and Behavioral Disorders
- 1 January 1978
- journal article
- Published by S. Karger AG in Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery
- Vol. 41 (1-4) , 43-51
- https://doi.org/10.1159/000102399
Abstract
58 patients, whose convulsions and behavioral disorders did not respond to nonsurgical therapy, were treated with stereotactic amygdalotomy between 1963 and 1973. A retrospective study was carried out by a psychiatric research team 1–11 years postoperatively. Using reliable objective methods of assessment they found that 50% operated primarily for seizures, 33% for uncontrolled conduct disorders and 50% with both conditions seemed improved after surgery.Keywords
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