FREQUENCY AND CHARACTERISTICS OF VISUAL-FIELD DEFICITS AFTER SURGERY FOR MESIAL TEMPORAL SCLEROSIS

Authors
TECOMA ES LAXER KD BARBARO NM PLANT GT
Citation
Es. Tecoma et al., FREQUENCY AND CHARACTERISTICS OF VISUAL-FIELD DEFICITS AFTER SURGERY FOR MESIAL TEMPORAL SCLEROSIS, Neurology, 43(6), 1993, pp. 1235-1238
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Clinical Neurology
Journal title
Neurology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00283878
Volume
43
Issue
6
Year of publication
1993
Pages
1235 - 1238
Database
ISI
SICI code
0028-3878(1993)43:6<1235:FACOVD>2.0.ZU;2-X
Abstract
In a series of 33 patients undergoing tailored temporal lobe resection for mesial temporal sclerosis, the frequency of postoperative visual field deficit (VFD) was 52%. The size and configuration were similar a fter operation in the right and left hemispheres. We observed partial upper quadrantanopias in 16 of 28 patients who became seizure-free and in only one of five patients with residual seizures. VFDs may provide an independent measure of the functional extent of resection.