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15.3. Assessment of safety and outcome of lateral hypothalamic deep brain stimulation for obesity in a small series of patients with Prader-Willi syndrome

RR Franco , ET Fonoff , PG Alvarenga , EJL Alho , AC Lopes , MQ Hoexter , MC Batistuzzo , RR Paiva , A Taub , RG Shavitt , EC Miguel , MJ Teixeira , D Damiani , C Hamani

To read the full abstract: JAMA Network Open 2018;1:e185275The authors describe a small case series of four patients, age range 18–28 years, with Prader-Willi syndrome and obesity. All had received childhood growth hormone therapy, two had previous bariatric surgery, and all had psychiatric comorbidities before the current intervention. All received deep brain stimulation, via elect...