ABSTRACT
Forty-three patients with epilepsy resistant to drug therapy were submitted to temporal lobe epilepsy surgery at the Instituto de Neurologia de Curitiba, from 1998 to 2003. Thirty-nine patients (90.6%) had mesial temporal sclerosis, and four had brain tumors. According to Engel's rating, 83.7% from 37 patients with complete postoperative evaluation were classified as Class I (free of disabling seizure). Postoperative complications (18.6%) were evaluated, with one case of surgical wound infection, one case of hydrocephalus, one case of cerebrospinal fluid fistula, two cases of transient palsy of the trochlear nerve and one case of transient hemiparesis. No death related to epilepsy surgery was found in our study.
Subject(s)
Brain Neoplasms/complications , Craniotomy/methods , Epilepsy, Temporal Lobe/surgery , Temporal Lobe/surgery , Adult , Brain Neoplasms/surgery , Electroencephalography , Epilepsy, Temporal Lobe/etiology , Female , Follow-Up Studies , Humans , Magnetic Resonance Imaging , Male , Middle Aged , Neuropsychological Tests , Retrospective Studies , Sclerosis/complications , Sclerosis/surgery , Temporal Lobe/pathology , Treatment OutcomeABSTRACT
Quarenta e três pacientes com epilepsia refratária ao tratamento medicamentoso foram submetidos à cirurgia de epilepsia do lobo temporal no Instituto de Neurologia de Curitiba, entre os anos de 1998 a 2003. Trinta e nove (90,6 por cento) pacientes apresentavam esclerose mesial temporal, e quatro (9,4 por cento), tumores cerebrais. Dos trinta e sete pacientes que possuíam avaliação pós-operatória completa, 83,7 por cento apresentaram classificação I, segundo Engel (livres de crises incapacitantes). Complicações pós-operatórias ocorreram em 18,6 por cento: uma infecção da ferida operatória, um caso de hidrocefalia, um de fístula liquórica, dois casos de paralisia transitória do IV nervo craniano e um de hemiparesia transitória. Não houve nenhum óbito relacionado à cirurgia de epilepsia no presente estudo.
