Abstract | PURPOSE: METHOD: The Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview (MINI) and Quality of Life in Epilepsy Inventory-10 (QOLIE-10) were evaluated before and 3 months after surgery in 50 consecutive patients (21 females, 29 males) with medically refractory temporal lobe epilepsy (persistent seizures>2/month, despite treatment with ≥2 appropriate drugs in adequate doses for ≥2 years) who underwent surgery [ anterior temporal lobectomy with amygdalo-hippocampectomy (for mesial temporal sclerosis in 40), electrocorticography-guided lesionectomy (for other lesions in 10)]. RESULTS: CONCLUSION: Psychiatric dysfunction in the early postsurgery period is seen in nearly half of patients undergoing surgery for temporal lobe epilepsy, is mild in nature, and does not adversely affect quality of life but may cause significant clinical problems when it arises de novo postsurgery.
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Authors | Soaham Desai, Garima Shukla, Vinay Goyal, Achal Srivastava, M V Padma Srivastava, Manjari Tripathi, Mamta Singh, K Shivanand, Rajesh Sagar, Aditya Gupta, P Saratchandra, Ajay Garg, C S Bal, Madhuri Behari |
Journal | Epilepsy & behavior : E&B
(Epilepsy Behav)
Vol. 32
Pg. 29-33
(Mar 2014)
ISSN: 1525-5069 [Electronic] United States |
PMID | 24463306
(Publication Type: Journal Article)
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Copyright | Copyright © 2013 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. |
Topics |
- Adult
- Anterior Temporal Lobectomy
(methods)
- Comorbidity
- Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
- Electroencephalography
- Epilepsy
(epidemiology, surgery)
- Epilepsy, Temporal Lobe
(complications, epidemiology, surgery)
- Female
- Follow-Up Studies
- Humans
- Male
- Mental Disorders
(complications, epidemiology)
- Middle Aged
- Postoperative Complications
(epidemiology)
- Postoperative Period
- Quality of Life
- Seizures
(epidemiology)
- Sickness Impact Profile
- Treatment Outcome
- Young Adult
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