Higher intelligence may be a risk factor for postoperative transient disturbance of consciousness after corpus callosotomy

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INTRODUCTION: Corpus callosotomy (CC) is an established surgical option for palliative treatment of medically intractable epilepsy, especially for seizures with drop attacks. We postulated that specific risk factors for post-CC transient disturbance of consciousness (pCTDC) are associated with CC. The purpose of this study was to review patients with intractable epilepsy who underwent CC and to statistically analyze risk factors for pCTDC.

METHODS: Inclusion criteria for patients who underwent CC between January 2009 and November 2019 were: (1) ≥2 years old and (2) followed up for more than 8 months. The state of consciousness before and after CC was evaluated with the Glasgow coma scale. We statistically assessed predictors for pCTDC as the primary outcome.

RESULTS: Fifty-six patients (19 females, 37 males) were enrolled, and the age range was 2-57 years old. Thirty-seven (66.1%) patients developed pCTDC. The mean period from the beginning of the state of pCTDC to recovery to their baseline conscious level was 4.9 days (range: 2-25 days). All three (100%) normal intelligence level patients, 13 (81%) of 16 patients with a moderately impaired level of intelligence, and 21 (57%) of 37 patients with a severely impaired level of intelligence exhibited pCTDC. Univariate (p = 0.044) and multivariate (p = 0.006) logistic regression analyses for predictors of pCTDC showed that intellectual function was statistically significant.

CONCLUSION: Two-thirds of patients developed pCTDC. One risk factor for pCTDC may be higher intellectual function.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:115

Enthalten in:

Epilepsy & behavior : E&B - 115(2021) vom: 10. Feb., Seite 107617

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Nozaki, Toshiki [VerfasserIn]
Fujimoto, Ayataka [VerfasserIn]
Ichikawa, Naoki [VerfasserIn]
Baba, Shimpei [VerfasserIn]
Enoki, Hideo [VerfasserIn]
Okanishi, Tohru [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Corpus callosotomy
Disconnection syndrome
Glasgow coma scale
Intellectual function
Journal Article
Post-corpus callosotomy transient disturbance of consciousness

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Date Completed 19.04.2021

Date Revised 19.04.2021

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.yebeh.2020.107617

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NLM318747219