Successful epilepsy surgery in catastrophic postencephalitic epilepsy.
The authors studied prognostic factors for surgical treatment in 22 patients with intractable postencephalitic epilepsy. A small subgroup of patients (9/22) had a positive outcome after resective surgery. They had a higher functional level after encephalitis as measured by Glasgow Outcome Score, a longer time interval between encephalitis and onset of seizures, and localization of ictal EEG to one temporal lobe. The other patients had devastating seizures with poor outcome after surgery.
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University Hospital, Innsbruck, Austria.
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Andermann
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004660:Encephalitis / Q000150:complications*; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D011379:Prognosis; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013702:Temporal Lobe / Q000601:surgery*; D016896:Treatment Outcome