A revised intracarotid etomidate memory (Wada) procedure
| Autor: | Fani Andelman, Itzhak Fried, S. Maimon, Miriam Y. Neufeld, Yisrael Parmet, Svetlana Kipervasser |
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| Rok vydání: | 2012 |
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Male medicine.medical_specialty Weakness Adolescent medicine.medical_treatment Neuropsychological Tests Hippocampal formation Functional Laterality Temporal lobe Young Adult Epilepsy Memory Etomidate medicine Humans Hypnotics and Sedatives Anterior temporal lobectomy medicine.diagnostic_test Neuropsychology General Medicine Anterior Temporal Lobectomy medicine.disease Surgery Carotid Arteries Injections Intra-Arterial Neurology Anesthesia Wada test Female Neurology (clinical) medicine.symptom Psychology medicine.drug |
| Zdroj: | Acta Neurologica Scandinavica. 127:97-102 |
| ISSN: | 0001-6314 |
| Popis: | Objectives To evaluate unilateral memory function by the means of a modified Montreal etomidate speech and memory procedure (e-SAM) in epilepsy patients who were candidates for standard anterior temporal lobectomy involving resection of mesial temporal lobe structures. Materials and methods After the first three patients experienced significant side effects with the e-SAM procedure, we modified the procedure to a single bolus injection. The neuropsychological data of all 21 patients who underwent unilateral memory testing by means of intracarotid injection of etomidate were analyzed. Results There was a significant difference in memory scores when injections were on the side ipsilateral to the epileptogenic focus compared with when the injections were on the contralateral side (P |
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