The present study investigated the effect of frontal lobe surgery on "cognitive functions", which have previously been shown to be discriminative in the evaluation of non-resected @entity1 with @entity4940 ( @entity4940 ). The cognitive outcome was evaluated with particular consideration of the side (left/right), the site (lateral, orbital, mesial, premotor/ @entity11280 ), the type of surgery (resections vs resections plus Multiple Subpial Transections), and @entity410 outcome. The evaluation is based on 33 @entity1 with left (n = 17) or right (n = 16) frontal surgery. Forty-five @entity1 who underwent successful left (n = 21) or right (n = 24) temporal lobectomy served as controls. The neuropsychological examination covered speed/attention, motor sequencing/coordination, response maintenance/inhibition, short-term memory, and language. With the exception of short term memory, the chosen tests were discriminative in determining @entity75 but they did not differentiate @entity1 with a different lateralization or localization of the frontal focus. At the three month follow-up examination, @entity1 with temporal lobectomy had improved frontal functions, while @entity1 with frontal lobe surgery showed a mild deterioration. Within the frontally resected group, completely @entity410 free @entity1 had significantly improved short-term memory. Further consideration of the side, site and the type of the frontal resection indicated that @entity1 with premotor/ @entity11280 surgery and @entity1 with precentral/central @entity1685 had additional impairment after surgery. Premotor/ @entity11280 resections led to a deterioration in response maintenance/inhibition and if performed left sided also to deteriorated language functions. The latter impairment could be clearly related to transient @entity2026 directly after surgery. Irrespective of pareses observed immediately after surgery, @entity1 with @entity1685 's of precentral/central areas displayed additional problems in motor coordination at the follow-up examination. In this group the @entity410 outcome was also less favorable. In summing up, frontal lobe surgery does not cause any considerable additional impairment in the short term follow-up. However, caution is recommended when surgery or @entity1685 affect functional relevant cortex (here the prefrontal/ @entity11280 and precentral/central area). Finally, a release of functions associated to frontal areas not affected by surgery is suggested, when @entity410 are successfully controlled by surgery.

Neuropsychological consequences of epilepsy surgery in XXXX .

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['patients'] @entity410 :: ('MESH:D012640', 'Disease') :: ['seizure', 'seizures'] @entity75 :: ('MESH:D001927', 'Disease') :: ['preoperative frontal lobe dysfunctions'] @entity1685 :: ('MESH:C563551', 'Disease') :: ['MST'] @entity2026 :: ('MESH:D001037', 'Disease') :: ['aphasia'] @entity4940 :: ('MESH:D017034', 'Disease') :: ['FLE', 'frontal lobe epilepsy'] @entity11280 :: ('6606', 'Gene') :: ['SMA']
@entity4940 :: (MESH:D017034,Disease) :: ['frontal lobe epilepsy']
