Performance pré- e pós-operatória no Teste de Seleção de Cartas de Wisconsin em pacientes com epilepsia de lobo temporal associada à esclerose hipocampal

Autor: José Victor Martinez, Carolina Torres, Luciana Tisser, Mirna Wetters Portuguez, Eliseu Paglioli, Ney Azambuja, André Palmini, Eduardo Paglioli, Jaderson Costa da Costa
Rok vydání: 2007
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Zdroj: Dementia & Neuropsychologia v.1 n.2 2007
Dementia & Neuropsychologia
Associação de Neurologia Cognitiva e do Comportamento (ANCC)
instacron:ANCC
Dementia & Neuropsychologia, Volume: 1, Issue: 2, Pages: 173-180, Published: JUN 2007
Dementia & Neuropsychologia, Vol 1, Iss 2, Pp 173-180
ISSN: 1980-5764
DOI: 10.1590/s1980-57642008dn10200010
Popis: Patients with temporal lobe epilepsy due to hippocampal sclerosis (TLE/HS) have a distinct neuropsychological profile, but there is still debate on whether executive dysfunction is part of this profile and also whether temporal lobe surgery can modify this dysfunction. Objective: To study the presence and reversibility of executive dysfunction in patients with unilateral TLE/HS. Methods: Twenty-five patients with refractory seizures due to TLE/HS underwent presurgical evaluation which included the application of the Wiconsin Card Sorting Test (WCST). Nineteen were re-evaluated in follow up, at least 6 months after selective amygdalo-hippocampectomy (SAH). Twenty-two control subjects matched for age and education also performed the WCST. Results: Sixteen of the 25 patients (64%) completed fewer than four categories in the WCST whereas only 4 of the 22 controls (18%) did not complete at least four categories (p
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