OBJECTIVE: To evaluate and quantify prospectively visual field changes in @entity1 undergoing temporal lobe resections for intractable @entity302 . BACKGROUND: @entity227 occur after temporal lobe resections for @entity302 ; however, we have not encountered published reports using automated static visual field analysis. METHODS: Humphrey visual fields (program 30-2) were obtained before and after partial temporal lobe resection in 32 consecutive @entity1 with intractable @entity302 . A quantitative point-by-point analysis was made in the affected superior quadrant, and the defects were averaged for the whole @entity1 group. RESULTS: Thirty-one @entity1 developed a @entity227 , but none was aware of the defect. The points nearest fixation were relatively spared. The defects were greatest in the sector closest to the vertical meridian in the eye ipsilateral to the resection. The ipsilateral and contralateral mean field defects also differed in both topography and depth. A significant correlation was found between the extent of lateral temporal lobe resection and the degree of the @entity735 . CONCLUSIONS: There are differences in the shape and depth of the ipsilateral and the contralateral field defects not previously reported. These findings demonstrate that certain fibers from the ipsilateral eye travel more anteriorly and laterally in Meyer's loop, and support the hypothesis that @entity227 due to anterior retrogeniculate lesions are relatively incongruous because of anatomic differences in the afferent pathways. Automated perimetry is a sensitive method of evaluating and quantifying @entity227 .

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@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['patients', 'patient'] @entity735 :: ('MESH:D005124', 'Disease') :: ['defect in the contralateral eye'] @entity227 :: ('MESH:D014786', 'Disease') :: ['visual field defect', 'Visual field abnormalities', 'visual field defects'] @entity302 :: ('MESH:D004827', 'Disease') :: ['epilepsy']
@entity227 :: (MESH:D014786,Disease) :: ['Visual field defects']
