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- Patients who underwent mesiotemporal lobe resection for epilepsy often experience visual field defects (VFD), which can impact activities like driving.
- The study reviewed data from 366 patients who had various surgical procedures, focusing on the types and severity of VFD post-surgery.
- Results indicated that 73% of patients experienced VFD, with 48% having defects that affected their ability to drive; however, those who had a subtemporal approach had significantly fewer and less severe driving-relevant VFD.
Article Abstract
Introduction: One of the most common side effects of mesiotemporal lobe resection in patients with medically intractable epilepsy are visual field defects (VFD). While peripheral defects usually remain unnoticed by patients, extended VFD influence daily life activities and can, in particular, affect driving regulations. This study had been designed to evaluate frequency and extent of VFD following different surgical approaches to the mesiotemporal area with respect to the ability to drive.
Materials And Methods: This study comprises a consecutive series of 366 patients operated at the Epilepsy Center in Freiburg for intractable mesiotemporal lobe epilepsy from 1998 to 2016. The following procedures were performed: standard anterior temporal lobectomy (ATL: n=134; 37%), anterior temporal or keyhole resection (KH: n=53; 15%), and selective amygdalohippocampectomy via the transsylvian (tsAHE: n=145; 40%) and the subtemporal (ssAHE: n=34; 9%) approach. Frequency and extent of postoperative VFD were evaluated in relation to different surgical procedures. According to the German driving guidelines, postoperative VFD were classified as driving-relevant VFD with the involvement of absolute, homonymous central scotoma within 20° and driving-irrelevant VFD with either none or exclusively minor VFD sparing the center.
Results: Postoperative visual field examinations were available in 276 of 366 cases. Postoperative VFD were observed in 202 of 276 patients (73%) and were found to be driving-relevant in 133 of 276 patients (48%), whereas 69 patients (25%) showed VFD irrelevant for driving. Visual field defects were significantly less likely following ssAHE compared with other temporal resections, and if present, they were less frequently driving-relevant (p<0.05), irrespective of the side of surgery.
Conclusion: Subtemporal sAHE (ssAHE) caused significantly less frequently and less severely driving-relevant VFD compared with all other approaches to the temporal lobe, irrespective of the side of surgery.
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