From: Posterior quadrant epilepsy surgery: case series of a South American hospital
Case | Age at surgery (years) | Sex | Lateralization | Personal/Family History | MRI Findings | Type of surgery | Pathology | Engel at 1 year | Engel at the last follow-up | Complications |
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1 | 24 | M | Right | Epilepsy in the family | Encephalomalacia | LO | Polymicrogyria | 3 | 3 | No |
2 | 34 | F | Right | No | Cortical dysplasia | LO | Cortical dysplasia | NDS | 2 | No |
3 | 9 | F | Left | No | Polymicrogyria | Lo- Posterior Callosotomy | N/A | NDS | 1 | No |
4 | 6 | M | Right | Perinatal hypoxia | Cortical dysplasia- heterotopies | LO- LT | EMH | 3 | 4 | No |
5 | 28 | M | Left | No | Gliosis | CPA | N/A | 1 | 1 | No |
6 | 41 | M | Right | Surgery for right occipital gangliocytoma | Gangliocytoma | LO- LT | Reactive astrocytosis | 2 | 2 | No |
7 | 46 | M | Left | No | EMH- Encephalomalacia | LT- Parietoccipital corticectomy | EMH- Parietoccipital gliosis | 4 | 4 | Iso |
8 | 4 | F | Right | No | No | Parietal corticectomy | Reactive astrocytosis | 3 | 3 | No |
9 | 52 | F | Right | No | No | Temporoccipital corticectomy | N/A | 1 | 1 | No |
10 | 15 | F | Right | No | No | LT- Parietal lesionectomy | Reactive astrocytosis | 2 | 2 | No |
11 | 22 | M | Right | Perinatal hypoxia | Gliosis | LT- Occipital lesionectomy | Cortical dysplasia | 4 | 4 | No |
12 | 20 | M | Left | No | Encephalomalacia | Parietal corticectomy | N/A | 2 | 2 | No |
13 | 28 | M | Right | ECA with cranioplasty | EMH- Encephalomalacia | LT- Parietoccipital lesionectomy | EMH- Parietoccipital gliosis | 1 | 1 | No |