Outside of these surgical mistakes (which while rare can occur), the general efficacy and safety of this therapy is too vague and poorly understood to begin taking this study as more than a last step. In a review of all of 22 published studies that test DBS for depression, only three had both a treatment and control group. Partnering this with the fact that damage in the Cg25 is associate with frontal lobe damage and poor impulse control, a clearer picture where we may see DBS as a more dangerous
Outside of these surgical mistakes (which while rare can occur), the general efficacy and safety of this therapy is too vague and poorly understood to begin taking this study as more than a last step. In a review of all of 22 published studies that test DBS for depression, only three had both a treatment and control group. Partnering this with the fact that damage in the Cg25 is associate with frontal lobe damage and poor impulse control, a clearer picture where we may see DBS as a more dangerous