====== Anterior capsulotomy ======

A form of [[psychosurgery]] in which the presumed frontal [[thalamocortical radiation]]s of the anterior limb of the [[internal capsule]] of the brain is interrupted—by [[thermocoagulation]] using a bipolar electrode system—at the point where the connections pass between the head of the caudate nucleus and putamen

===== Indications =====
see [[Anterior capsulotomy for Obsessive-compulsive disorder]].