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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Asian J Neurosurg 2018; 13(03): 842-844
DOI: 10.4103/ajns.AJNS_319_16
Case Report

Major depression and obsessive-compulsive disorder treated with deep brain stimulation of bilateral nucleus accumbens: The first case of Turkey

Sabri Aydın
Department of Neurosurgery, Istanbul Bilim University, Istanbul
,
Huseyin Canaz
Department of Neurosurgery, Istanbul Bilim University, Istanbul
,
Barıs Topcular
1   Department of Neurology, Istanbul Bilim University, Istanbul
,
Zuzana Benackova
2   Clinic of Psychiatry, Kosice
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Deep brain stimulation (DBS) is a new alternative treatment for treatment-resistant major depression (MD) and obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). Various DBS targets were defined for MD and OCD. Nucleus accumbens (NAcc) comes out among the other targets in patients with MD and comorbid OCD when physiopathology and limited side effects are taken into account. We report a 27-year-old male with MD and OCD who was treated by bilateral NAcc-DBS. The aim of this study is to discuss NAcc as a DBS target in patients with MD and OCD and to report the first case of a psychiatric disorder treated with DBS in Turkey.

Key-words:

Deep brain stimulation - major depression - nucleus accumbens - obsessive-compulsive disorder


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Article published online:
14 September 2022

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