[The dynamics of temporal lobe epilepsy manifestations and the social-occupational prognosis in children following surgical removal of the epileptic focus].
The authors conducted a follow-up study of 28 children with temporal epilepsy who had undergone an anterior temporal lobectomy performed at the age of 4-13 years. Besides, a discontinuation of convulsive seizures in almost all of the cases there was an improvement in the social adjustment: 25 of 28 children could go to school for the first time or renew their studies, whereas before the operation 7 children could not study, because of frequent seizures and behavioral disturbances. Following 2-10 years after the surgical operation II of the patients were still studying at school or in vocational schools and 12 of them were working. Not being able to study was I child of school age, and 4 patients older than 18 years were incapacitated. Surgical treatment of epilepsy in childhood was more effective than in adults.
D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D004185:Disability Evaluation; D004833:Epilepsy, Temporal Lobe / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000534:rehabilitation / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000150:complications; D008297:Male; D011379:Prognosis; D011599:Psychopathology; D012917:Social Adjustment
Dinamika proiavleniĭ visochnoĭ épilepsii i sotsial'no-trudovoĭ prognoz u deteĭ posle khirurgicheskogo udaleniia épilepticheskogo ochaga