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Under what circumstances would you consider utilizing deep brain stimulation for treatment of obesity?

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Neurosurgery · Oregon Health & Science University

Probably not indicated for obesity, given the new GLP therapies that have emerged in the past few years. I am not a proponent of the idea of "food addiction" either, which may be the rationale for nucleus accumbens DBS. Dr. Casey Halpern at U Penn may be a better person to ask about that.

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