Stereotactic amygdalotomy for convulsive and behavioral disorders. Long-term follow-up study.
58 patients, whose convulsions and behavioral disorders did not respond to nonsurgical therapy, were treated with stereotactic amygdalotomy between 1963 and 1973. A retrospective study was carried out by a psychiatric research team 1--11 years postoperatively. Using reliable objective methods of assessment they found that 50% operated primarily for seizures, 33% for uncontrolled conduct disorders and 50% with both conditions seemed improved after surgery.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000679:Amygdala / Q000601:surgery*; D002648:Child; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000534:rehabilitation / Q000601:surgery*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D006948:Hyperkinesis / Q000534:rehabilitation / Q000601:surgery*; D008875:Middle Aged; D013238:Stereotaxic Techniques / Q000379:methods