[Surgery for behavioral disorders: the state of the art].

ABSTRACT:

Background

Surgery for behavioral disorders (SBD) is becoming a more common treatment since the development of neuromodulation techniques.

Methods

This article is a non-systematic review of the history, current indications, techniques and surgical targets of SBD. We divide its history into 3 eras: the first era starts in the beginning of psychosurgery and finishes with the development of stereotactic techniques, when the second one starts. It is characterized by the realization of stereotactic lesions. We are traveling through the third era, which begins when deep brain stimulation (DBS) starts to be used for SBD.

Results

In spite of the serious mistakes committed in the past, nowadays, SBD is reawakening. The psychiatric disorders which are most frequently treated by

SUBMITTER: Yampolsky C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4138826 | biostudies-literature | 2014

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature