Commissurotomy in intractable epilepsy: clinical and surgical comment

Ital J Neurol Sci. 1987 Dec;8(6):571-7. doi: 10.1007/BF02333664.

Abstract

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.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Corpus Callosum / surgery*
  • Electroencephalography
  • Epilepsies, Myoclonic / surgery
  • Epilepsies, Partial / surgery
  • Epilepsy / surgery*
  • Epilepsy, Temporal Lobe / surgery
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Neuropsychological Tests
  • Postoperative Complications / etiology