[Interhemispheric disconnection syndrome following total callosotomy associated to anterior commissurotomy for the treatment of intractable epilepsy: a case report].
The authors provide a brief review of the indication criteria of callosotomy for the treatment of medically intractable seizures. They report a surgical case with the classical picture of disconnection (split brain) syndrome, following a two-staged complete callosotomy plus anterior commissurotomy. The disconnection syndrome was more severe on the first 5 days post-operatively, improving quickly after the 11th day; there was almost complete functional recovery and a great reduction in seizure frequency.
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Centro de Tratamento de Epilepsia, Instituto de Neurologia de Goiânia, Brasil.
Ragazzo
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da Costa
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Martins
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D000293:Adolescent; D003337:Corpus Callosum / Q000601:surgery*; D004292:Dominance, Cerebral / Q000502:physiology*; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011183:Postoperative Complications
Síndrome de desconexão inter-hemisférica após calosotomia total associada a comissurotomia anterior para tratamento de epilepsia resistente: relato de um caso.