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JUHN A. WADA, M.D.; LEIGH R. CORNELIUS, M.D.

Arch Neurol. 1960;3(4):425-447.

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Introduction

The significance of independent paroxysmal abnormalities^2,17,24,45 or multiple spike foci^27,46 in deep cerebral structures of some epileptics has not been clearly understood. The latter finding and relatively low "cure" percentage in his own series of surgical epileptic cases led Meyers to challenge seriously the conceptual basis of current day epilepsy surgery.²⁸ Although the Montreal school³² reported a higher percentage of satisfactory results in a larger and carefully selected focal epilepsy population, the importance of further careful analysis of failure cases in surgery for epilepsy can not be overemphasized. Possible reasons for surgical failure may be (1) incomplete excision of the cortical focus or (2) location of the original focus in the depth rather than on the surface. Such possibilities have received substantial support from both clinical and experimental studies. A further possibility is that an independent secondary deep abnormality might be produced by long-standing bombardment . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
Vancouver, Canada

Department of Neurological Research, University of British Columbia.

Footnotes
Received for publication May 18, 1960.

The preliminary report was presented at the 13th Annual Meeting of the American Electroencephalographic Society, June 13, 1959, Atlantic City, N.J.

Dr. Leigh R. Cornelius was a Summer Student Fellow (1959) of the Western Institute of Epilepsy, and was aided by a Medical Student Fellowship in Cerebral Palsy from the United Cerebral Palsy Research and Educational Foundation. Some of this work was presented as partial fulfilment for his degree of Doctor of Medicine to the Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia.

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