Abstract
Language development was examined in 24 children (mean age 11 years; range 5.8-15.7 years) with AED intractable epilepsy before and 6, 12, and 24 months after anterior temporal lobectomy, in a study by the Dutch Collaborative Epilepsy Surgery Programme (DuCESP) at University Medical Center Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Highlights
Language development was examined in 24 children with AED intractable epilepsy before and 6, 12, and 24 months after anterior temporal lobectomy, in a study by the Dutch Collaborative Epilepsy Surgery Programme (DuCESP) at University Medical Center Utrecht, The Netherlands
Productive lexicon was slowed when surgery and language mediation were both in the left hemisphere
Intractable temporal lobe epilepsy is a risk factor for delay in language development, and surgery does not result in improved language
Summary
Language development was examined in 24 children (mean age 11 years; range 5.815.7 years) with AED intractable epilepsy before and 6, 12, and 24 months after anterior temporal lobectomy, in a study by the Dutch Collaborative Epilepsy Surgery Programme (DuCESP) at University Medical Center Utrecht, The Netherlands. The mean language delay varied from 1.7 years to 3.5 years and after surgery, language development was slower than normal, except for receptive syntax (execution of oral commands). Productive lexicon (oral response to visually presented objects) was slowed when surgery and language mediation were both in the left hemisphere.
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