... anterior capsulotomy – BAC), the supragenual anterior cingulate gyrus and cingulum (bilateral anterior cingulotomy – BACING), and subgenual anterior cingulate gyrus and subcortical orbitofrontal white matter (bilateral subcaudate tractotomy – BST). A combination of BACING and BST is known as limbic...

... the subgenual cingulotomy. Our aim here was to verify the anatomical target used by Laitinen, to report on a patient who underwent this procedure, and to review the literature. Materials and Methods: The records of Helsinki University Hospital were searched for psychosurgical cases performed between 1970...

...Ido Strauss; Assaf Berger; Shlomit Ben Moshe; Michal Arad; Uri Hochberg; Tal Gonen; Rotem Tellem Background: Stereotactic anterior cingulotomy has been used in the treatment of patients suffering from refractory oncological pain due to its effects on pain perception. However, the optimal targets...

...Fiacro Jiménez; Julián E. Soto; Francisco Velasco; Pablo Andrade; Juan J. Bustamante; Paulina Gómez; Ylián Ramírez; José D. Carrillo-Ruiz Objective: To perform a preliminary study on the effects and safety of bilateral cingulotomy and anterior capsulotomy in patients with aggressive behavior...

... with stereotactic bilateral cingulotomy to maximize the effects of treatment for 3 patients with intractable post-stroke pain. 17 01 2011 18 06 2011 22 12 2011 © 2011 S. Karger AG, Basel 2011 Copyright / Drug Dosage / Disclaimer Copyright: All rights reserved. No part of this publication...

...Alexandros G. Brotis; Eftychia Z. Kapsalaki; Konstantinos Paterakis; Joseph R. Smith; Kostas N. Fountas Stereotactic cingulotomy constitutes a psychosurgical procedure nowadays advocated in the treatment of medically intractable obsessive-compulsive disorder, chronic pain and drug addiction. From...

... to persons or property resulting from any ideas, methods, instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. Cingulotomy Basofrontal tractotomy Depression Compulsive neuroses Drug addiction Psychosurgery Stereotactic surgery Proc. 8th Meeting World Soc. Stereotactic...

...Lauri V. Laitinen The author describes the three commonly practiced surgical methods in the treatment of mental illness, i.e., cingulotomy, anterior capsulotomy, and posteromedial hypothalamotomy © 2002 S. Karger AG, Basel 2002 Copyright / Drug Dosage / Disclaimer Copyright: All rights...

... surgical approaches; the most important of these was the use of stereotaxis. Cingulotomy, subcaudate tractotomy, limbic leucotomy, and anterior capsulotomy are generally the stereotactic treatments of choice today. Indications and postoperative sequelae vary slightly across treatments. The indications...

...Prem K. Pillay; Samuel J. Hassenbusch As a treatment of patients with intractable cancer and noncancer pain, bilateral radiofrequency cingulotomy was performed in 10 patients. The technique in-volved stereotaxis using magnetic resonance guidance and local anesthesia, with the placement...