Postoperative Neuropsychological Outcome in Patients with Mesial Temporal Lobe Epilepsy in Argentina

Table 2

Memory outcome after anterior temporal lobectomy based on the side of the surgery.

		RTLY 𝑁=17
		Baseline 𝑁=17	6 months 𝑁=17	12 months 𝑁=4
Memory deficit	Normal %	41.1	47	50
	VIM %	35.2	23.5	0
	VEM %	11.7	17.6	50
	B %	11.7	11.7	0
		LTLY 𝑁=18
		Baseline 𝑁=18	6 months 𝑁=18	12 months 𝑁=9
Memory deficit	Normal %	16.6	27.7	33.3
	VIM %	11.1	0	11.1
	VEM %	66.6	61.1	44.4
	B %	5.5	11.1	22.2

RTLY: Right temporal lobectomy. LTLY: Left temporal lobectomy. VIM: Visual memory. VEM: Verbal memory. B: both memories.