Transient loss of recent memory following deep midline cerebral operations.
We have drawn attention to a post-operative complication of deep midline cerebral operations where operative manipulation occurs to structures associated with memory mechanisms. In the cases presented, the deficit was not permanent probably because the lesions were unilateral, or in conduction pathways.
D000293:Adolescent; D001921:Brain / Q000601:surgery*; D002535:Cerebral Aqueduct / Q000601:surgery; D002648:Child; D003337:Corpus Callosum / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008569:Memory Disorders / Q000209:etiology*; D008570:Memory, Short-Term; D009778:Occipital Lobe / Q000601:surgery; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D013577:Syndrome