Commissurotomy in intractable epilepsy: clinical and surgical comment.
Two patients suffering from seizures unresponsive to medical treatment underwent two-stage "central" commissurotomy. In one patient anterior callostomy was carried out first; in the other the surgical procedure was performed in the reverse order. The clinical, EEG, and neuropsychological features of the two patients are reported before the operation, between stage 1 and stage 2 of the procedure, and after completion of the commissurotomy. The surgical aspects of the two different procedures and the related clinical pictures are described in detail.
D000328:Adult; D003337:Corpus Callosum / Q000601:surgery*; D004569:Electroencephalography; D004831:Epilepsies, Myoclonic / Q000601:surgery; D004828:Epilepsies, Partial / Q000601:surgery; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000601:surgery*; D004833:Epilepsy, Temporal Lobe / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology