Epilepsy Surgery Outcome

The outcome of epilepsy surgery.

Posterior quadrant epilepsy surgery: Predictors of outcome

PURPOSE To identify predictors of seizure recurrence following posterior quadrant epilepsy surgery. METHODS Between 1983 and 2008, 43 medically refractory epilepsy patients underwent posterior quadrant epilepsy surgery. Epilepsy surgery involved the occipital lobe in all cases; some cases also included resection of the adjacent parietal or temporal cortex. Using a logistic regression model, w...

History of Epilepsy Surgery: Clinical Outcome

The Determiners of Temporal Lobe Epilepsy Surgery Outcome in a Developing Country

Background: Epilepsy surgery has become a successful treatment option for patients with drug-resistant epilepsies. Objectives: This study aimed to assess temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) surgery outcome and its association with epilepsy duration, the presence of pre-surgical generalized tonic-clonic seizure (GTCS), and brain MRI findings. Materials & Methods: This retrospective study was perfo...

Significance of fornix atrophy in temporal lobe epilepsy surgery outcome.

BACKGROUND Previous magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) studies have shown concurrent fornix atrophy in a large proportion of patients with hippocampal atrophy. The contribution of the fornix as an independent preoperative determinant of surgical outcome is unknown. OBJECTIVE To evaluate the contribution of the fornix as a determinant of surgical outcome in patients with preoperatively determine...