“Central” commissurotomy for intractable generalized epilepsy
“Central” commissurotomy for intractable generalized epilepsy
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治疗顽固性全身性癫痫的“中央”连合术
DOI:
10.1212/wnl.32.7.687
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发表时间:
1982
期刊:
影响因子:
9.9
通讯作者:
M. Gazzaniga
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文献类型:
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作者:
Donald H. Wilson;A. Reeves;M. Gazzaniga
A second consecutive series of 12 patients underwent microsurgical “central” commissurotomy (division of the entire corpus callosum and hippocampal commissure) for the relief of previously intractable generalized seizures. This modified operation was found to be safer than the multiple commissurotomies performed in the first series of eight patients and was equally effective. Central commissurotomy was modified further by being performed in two stages, which reduced the length and severity of the “acute disconnection syndrome,” a common cause of morbidity in the early postoperative phase. Best results were obtained in patients who were not severely retarded, had signs of unilateral cerebral damage, and included akinetic spells as a prominent form of their generalized seizures. EEG showed that bilateral symmetric discharges became either unilateral or asymmetric after surgery, which emphasized the important role played by the corpus callosum in conducting seizure discharges from one hemisphere to the other.