Predictive factors of callosotomy in drug-resistant epileptic patients with a long follow-up.
J Neurosurg Sci
; 41(1): 31-6, 1997 Mar.
Article
em En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-9273856
ABSTRACT
Some possible factors to predict outcome after callosotomy were investigated in a personal series composed of 36 patients. Twenty-seven of them were submitted to anterior callosotomy, 1 to posterior callosotomy and the remaining 8 patients to two stage complete division of corpus callosum. All factors, either positive or negative, do not appear completely reliable; they can be envisaged only in relative terms and do not seem to be relevant to make surgical decision or to discard surgery. In author's series, dealing specifically with drop-attacks, it clearly appeared that abrupt falls to the ground unpreceded by other epileptic features did definitely better. This was the only statistically significant datum.
Buscar no Google
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Corpo Caloso
/
Epilepsia
Tipo de estudo:
Etiology_studies
/
Observational_studies
/
Prognostic_studies
/
Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Adolescent
/
Adult
/
Female
/
Humans
/
Male
/
Middle aged
Idioma:
En
Revista:
J Neurosurg Sci
Ano de publicação:
1997
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Itália