More Than a Third of Capsulotomy Patients Display Adverse Effects After Surgery

August 21, 2006 More Than a Third of Capsulotomy Patients Display Adverse Effects After Surgery Just over a third of patients who have undergone surgery to treat severe and chronic obsessive-compulsive disorder displayed signs of apathy and difficulties planning and executing activities. Some patients developed epilepsy, sexual disinhibition, or urinary incontinence. Fifty-one patients with either severe and chronic obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) or other anxiety disorders have been monitored for up to 23 years following capsulotomy, a neurosurgical operation which involves severing nerve fibers in the central part of the brain. The long-term effects of capsulotomy have . . .