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Case Report

4 Citations

3,384 Views

11 Pages

Radiofrequency Cingulotomy as a Treatment for Incoercible Pain: Follow-Up for 6 Months

Carlos Castillo Rangel,
Gerardo Marin,
Dylan Lucia Diaz Chiguer,
Francisco Alberto Villegas López,
Rodrigo Ramírez-Rodríguez,
Alejandro Gómez Ibarra,
Rosalba Aguilar-Velazquez and
Julian Eduardo Soto Abraham

Healthcare2023, 11(19), 2607;https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11192607

22 September 2023

Incoercible or intractable pain is defined as pain that is refractory to pharmacological treatment to such an extent that opioid and analgesic adverse effects outweigh the therapeutic effects. The anterior cingulate cortex (ACC) is involved in the pe...

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Case Report

3 Citations

4,371 Views

10 Pages

Structural Connectivity Reorganization Based on DTI after Cingulotomy in Obsessive–Compulsive Disorder

Sara Kierońska-Siwak,
Paweł Sokal,
Magdalena Jabłońska,
Marcin Rudaś and
Agnieszka Bylinka

Brain Sci.2023, 13(1), 44;https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci13010044

24 December 2022

Bilateral cingulotomy is a procedure applied to patients with obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD). This report presents the structural changes occurring within the forceps minor and arcuate fascicles nerve fibers after a successful bilateral an...

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Review

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41 Pages

Neurosurgical Treatment of Pain

Rafael G. Sola and
Paloma Pulido

Brain Sci.2022, 12(11), 1584;https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci12111584

20 November 2022

The aim of this review is to draw attention to neurosurgical approaches for treating chronic and opioid-resistant pain. In a first chapter, an up-to-date overview of the main pathophysiological mechanisms of pain has been carried out, with special em...

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Systematic Review

5 Citations

3,293 Views

15 Pages

Stereotactic Radiofrequency Ablation for Treatment-Refractory Depression: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Pauline Sarah Münchenberg,
Eileen M. Joyce,
Keith Matthews,
David Christmas and
Ludvic Zrinzo

Brain Sci.2022, 12(10), 1379;https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci12101379

12 October 2022

(1) Background: Major depressive disorder (MDD) generates a large proportion of global disease burden. Stereotactic radiofrequency ablation (SRA) may be beneficial for selected patients with its most debilitating and refractory forms, but effect size...

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