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- Title
Corticoamygdalectomy in Memory-Impaired Patients.
- Authors
Kim, Hyoung-Ihl; Olivier, André; Jones-Gotman, Marilyn; Primrose, David; Andermann, Frederick
- Abstract
Sixty-seven patients who underwent resection of the amygdala and temporal neocortex for intractable temporal lobe epilepsy were analyzed. Forty-four of them failed memory tests during the intracarotid sodium amytal procedure or showed severe impairment of contralateral material specific memory. Surgical outcome ratings were seizure-free or rare seizure, 51%; worthwhile improvement, 15%; failure, 34%. The least successful outcome was noted in the group with mandatory corticoamygdalectomy and seizure origin in the dominant hemisphere. There was no postoperative exacerbation of memory deficit, whether preoperative memory was normal or impaired. When hippocampal resection is inadvisable, corticoamygdalectomy may be considered. Copyright © 1992 S. Karger AG, Basel
- Publication
Stereotactic & Functional Neurosurgery, 1992, Vol 58, Issue 1-4, p162
- ISSN
1011-6125
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1159/000098990