Will a Lobotomy Kill You?

The consequences of the operation have been described as "mixed". Some patients died as a result of the operation and others later died by suicide. Some were left severely brain damaged. Others were able to leave the hospital, or became more manageable within the hospital.

What does lobotomy do to a person?

The intended effect of a lobotomy is reduced tension or agitation, and many early patients did exhibit those changes. However, many also showed other effects, such as apathy, passivity, lack of initiative, poor ability to concentrate, and a generally decreased depth and intensity of their emotional response to life.

Can you survive a lobotomy?

But the majority of patients did not do well -- some died, many were paralyzed and in the cases in which patients were well enough to leave the hospital after the procedure, many were left childlike and devoid of personality.