non resective and neuromodulatory treatments for refractory epilepsy

Question 1

what are immidiate postoperative deficits characteristic of a corpus callusotomy

Answer 1

frequently
mutism as well as nondominant arm and leg apraxia,
bilateral Babinski signs, and urinary incontinence

Question 2

what are more permanate deficits

Answer 2

disconnection syndrome- deficits in the
temporal coupling of continuous (but not discrete) bimanual
movements,29 as well as di culty in learning new tasks requiring
bimanual cooperation- Images projected to the languagedominant
left hemisphere (right visual field) can be easily described
but cannot be verbalized when they are projected to the
nondominant hemisphere despite their accurate reporting via
nonverbal m eans (pointing).

Question 3

what are indications for corpus callosotomy

Answer 3

drop attacks, west, lennox-gastaut syndrome