title: Successful epilepsy surgery in catastrophic postencephalitic epilepsy.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: University Hospital, Innsbruck, Austria.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Trinka
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Dubeau
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Andermann
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hui
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bastos
authors.forename: L M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Köhler
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Olivier
mesh_terms: 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