Publications by authors named "Bruna de Faria Dutra Andrade Karam"
Is lateralization concordance between preoperative video-EEG, ictal SPECT, and MRI to be associated with positive psychiatric outcomes after cortico-amygdalohippocampectomy in patients with pharmacoresistant temporal lobe epilepsy associated to mesial temporal sclerosis? A retrospective cohort study.
Bruna de Faria Dutra Andrade Karam Michael Peres de Medeiros Lucia Helena Neves Marques Gerardo Maria de Araújo Filho
Epilepsy Behav
December 2024
Article Synopsis
- The study investigates the relationship between comorbid psychiatric disorders and pharmacoresistant temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) associated with mesial temporal sclerosis (MTS), focusing on pre-surgical factors that could influence post-surgical psychiatric outcomes.
- A retrospective analysis was conducted on 106 patients, with 51 having psychiatric disorders (PD) and 55 without, to identify predictors for post-surgical PD two years after cortico-amygdalohippocampectomy (CAH).
- Results indicated that previous psychiatric treatment was linked to the development of PD post-surgery, with 35% of patients experiencing remission of PD and 14.5% developing new PD after CAH, underscoring the complexity of