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Temporal Lobectomy: Review of 100 Cases with Major Hippocampectomy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 September 2015

William Feindel  and
Theodore Rasmussen
William Feindel*
Affiliation:
Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital, Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, McGill University, Montreal
Theodore Rasmussen
Affiliation:
Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital, Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, McGill University, Montreal
*
Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital, Suite 110, 3801 University St, Quebec, Canada H3A 2B4
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Abstract:

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One hundred consecutive patients between 1961 and 1980, with temporal lobectomy including excision of half or more of the hippocampal formation, have been analyzed for degree of reduction of seizures. Thirty-nine percent have become and remained seizure free for follow-up period of 2 to 24 years (median 12 years). Another 24 patients achieved a marked reduction in seizure tendency as defined in the report and 25 showed a lesser degree of improvement. In fifteen patients no change in seizure frequency was recorded. Thus in this series of 100 patients, a complete or marked reduction of the seizure tendency was achieved in 63%.

Type
Research Article
Information
Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences , Volume 18 , Issue S4 , November 1991 , pp. 601 - 602
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Neurological Sciences Federation 1991

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