Influence of age on the efficacy of anterior corpus callosotomy in patients with intractable epilepsy
Yuan Xiaowei
Wang Xinjun
Abstract：Objective To explore the influence of age on the efficacy of anterior corpus callosotomy in patients with intracta-ble epilepsy.Methods 52 patients with intractable epilepsy undergoing anterior corpus callosotomy from June of 201 3 to April of 201 4 were selected and divided into juvenile group(less than 1 8 years old,24 cases)and adult group (above 1 8 years old,28 cases).All patients were followed up for 1 year and the efficacies were compared.Results The total effective rates of juvenile group and adult group were 87.5% and 71 .4%.The total effective rates of adult group was higher than juvenile group,and the difference was statistically significant(P <0.05).Conclusion Age plays an important role in efficacy of anterior corpus calloso-tomy in patients with intractable epilepsy.Intractable epilepsy patients can benefits more from anterior corpus callosotomy done at an early age.
Keywords：corpus callosotomyintractable epilepsyage
Publication Date：2016-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2026-09-12(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：3( 411-413 )