Summary
Stereotactic functional surgery was performed on 45 patients with predominantly temporal epilepsy. Results of up to 24 years (= 5.85±2.25 years) are reported. Depending on the type of seizure and after careful analysis of the EEG focus, the frequency and intensity of the various seizure types, as well as personality and behavior disturbances, can be improved in more than two-thirds of the cases. This improvement is achieved by combining different target points with coagulation of the subcortical motor and senso-motor centers and neuronal structures, thereby cutting off the mostly double-track corticosubcortical connections.
Zusammenfassung
Es wird über die bis zu 24jährigen Ergebnisse (= 5,83±2,25 Jahre) von 45 Patienten mit einer überwiegend temporalen Epilepsie berichtet, bei denen ein stereotaktischer funktioneller Eingriff ausgeführt wurde. Abhängig vom Anfallstyp und einer sorgfältigen Analyse des EEG-Fokus sind durch eine entsprechende Kombination verschiedener Zielpunkte mit Ausschaltung im limbischen System evtl. in Kombination mit der Ausschaltung subkortikaler motorischer und sensomotorischer Kernareale und neuronaler Strukturen und damit von meist doppelläufigen kortiko-subkortikalen Verbindungen ie Frequenz und Intensität der verschiedenen Anfallstypen, aber auch die Persönlichkeits- und Verhaltensstörungen bei über zwei Drittel der Fälle zu bessern.
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Mundinger, F., Salomao, F. & Gröbner, E. Indikationen stereotaktischer Operationen und Langzeitergebnisse bei konservativ therapieresistenter, insbesondere temporaler Epilepsie. Arch Psychiatr Nervenkr 231, 1–11 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00342826
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Key words
- Stereotactic operations
- Long-term results in epilepsy
- Amygdalotomy
- Fornicotomy
- Pulvinarotomy
- Thalamo-Subthalamotomy for epilepsy