The Clinical Analysis of Surgical Treatment in the Medically Intractable Seizure.
- Author:
Dong Sup CHUNG
1
;
Ki Won SUNG
;
Jae Soo LEE
;
Chang Rak CHOI
;
Jin Un SONG
Author Information
1. Department of Neurosurgery, Catholic University Medical College, Seoul, Korea.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Anterior callosotomy;
Amygdalo-hippocampectomy;
Generalized epilepsy;
Temporal lobe epilepsy
- MeSH:
Anticonvulsants;
Drug Monitoring;
Epilepsy, Generalized;
Epilepsy, Temporal Lobe;
Humans;
Seizures*
- From:Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
1989;18(6):910-915
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
We performed callosotomy and amygdalo-hippocampectomy in medically intractable seizure patients. Symptom duration of these patients was over 2 years and seizure was not controlled with anticonvulsants in spite of high level in drug monitoring according to their seizure type. 7 patients with generalized epilepsy were treated by anterior callosotomy and 8 patients with temporal lobe epilepsy were treated by amygdalo-hippocampectomy. Anyone of these patients were not dead and discovered permanent complications. And so these methods, anterior callostomy and amygdalo-hippocampectomy seems to be relatively safety and effective methods in treatment of medically intractable seizure.
