Personality changes following temporal lobectomy for epilepsy.

摘要: Summary A group of 27 patients, subjected to temporal lobectomy for epilepsy, have been studied post-operatively from periods varying two five years. The pre-operative and post-operative psychological status compared. Pre-operatively 26 the patients showed some degree abnormality, which in many was very severe. Post-operatively improvement degree, but marked found 18 patients. Changes learning ability, aggressiveness, sexuality social relationships are described. development depressive illnesses witnessed during first years 11 relationship is between freedom seizures. Assessed on a rating scale worse than before operation. All continued suffer epileptic