Clinical Study
Neurocognitive and Seizure Outcomes of Selective Amygdalohippocampectomy versus Anterior Temporal Lobectomy for Mesial Temporal Lobe Epilepsy
Table 1
Patient demographics and preoperative evaluation.
| | | SelAH | ATL | value |
| | Gender (%female) | 57 | 53 | 0.76 | | Age at first seizure (Yr) | 16.1 | 13.9 | 0.52 | | Age at surgery (Yr) | 36 | 41.9 | 0.03 | | History of febrile seizures (%) | 6 (29%) | 39 (52%) | 0.06 | | Freq. of seizures at time of surgery (per month) | 8 | 9.7 | 0.40 | | On multiple AEDs (%) | 19 (90%) | 62 (83%) | 0.60 | | Initial EEG lateralizing (%) | 13 (60%) | 45 (60%) | 0.99 | | Contralateral ictal propagation in EMU (%) | 3 (14%) | 12 (16%) | 0.85 | | Bilateral interictal abnormalities in EMU (%) | 3 (14%) | 21 (28%) | 0.20 | | Invasive recording needed (%) | 1 (5%) | 18 (24%) | 0.05 |
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values < 0.05 were considered significant.
AED: Antiepileptic drug; EMU: Epilepsy Monitoring Unit.
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