Show pageBacklinksCite current pageExport to PDFBack to top This page is read only. You can view the source, but not change it. Ask your administrator if you think this is wrong. =====Limbic surgery===== The surgical targets that are utilized vary across institutions and involve lesions produced bilaterally in the anterior limb of the internal capsule ([[anterior capsulotomy]]), the supragenual anterior cingulate gyrus and cingulum (anterior cingulotomy), and the subgenual anterior cingulate gyrus and subcortical orbitofrontal white matter (subcaudate tractotomy) ((Greenberg BD, Price LH, Rauch SL, et al: Neurosurgery for intractable obsessive-compulsive disorder and depression: critical issues. Neurosurg Clin N Am 2003; 14:199–212)) ((Cosgrove GR, Rauch SL: Psychosurgery. Neurosurg Clin N Am 1995; 6:167–176)). The combination of bilateral cingulotomy and subcaudate tractotomy is known as limbic leucotomy limbic_surgery.txt Last modified: 2024/06/07 02:51by 127.0.0.1