Quality of life long after temporal lobe epilepsy surgery.

Maria Luiza Benevides Jean Costa Nunes Ricardo GuarnieriCarla PauliPeter Wolf Mariana Lunardi Charles KondageskiMarcelo Neves LinharesKatia Lin Roger Walz

Published in: Acta neurologica Scandinavica (2021)

Patients with MTLE-HS who underwent epilepsy surgery show a sustained, meaningful improvement in their QOL. Pre-surgical variables do not predict long-term QOL improvement after surgery. Lower levels of depressive symptoms at postoperative evaluation are associated with meaningful QOL improvement.

Keyphrases

temporal lobe epilepsy
minimally invasive
coronary artery bypass
depressive symptoms
surgical site infection
patients undergoing
physical activity