Predictive factors for postoperative outcome in temporal lobe epilepsy according to two different classifications

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TEZER F. I., Akalan N., OGUZ K. K., KARABULUT E., DERİCİOĞLU N., Ciger A., ...More

SEIZURE-EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF EPILEPSY, vol.17, no.6, pp.549-560, 2008 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 17 Issue: 6
  • Publication Date: 2008
  • Doi Number: 10.1016/j.seizure.2008.02.003
  • Journal Name: SEIZURE-EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF EPILEPSY
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.549-560
  • Keywords: temporal lobe epilepsy, hippocampal sclerosis, epilepsy surgery, outcome, risk factors, early seizures, MULTIVARIATE-ANALYSIS, SEIZURE RECURRENCE, INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY, PROGNOSTIC-FACTORS, SURGICAL-TREATMENT, FOLLOW-UP, HIPPOCAMPAL SCLEROSIS, LOBECTOMY, SURGERY, VALIDATION
  • Hacettepe University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Purpose: The determination of prognostic factors is important for predicting outcome after epilepsy surgery. We investigated the factors related to surgical outcome within a homogeneous group of patients suffering from pathologically proven mesial temporal lobe epilepsy with hippocampal sclerosis (MTLE-HS), and compared Engel's outcome classification system with the latest one proposed by the ILAE.