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Changes in sexual behavior are often observed in patients with epilepsy. In order to investigate postoperative changes in sexuality and life satisfaction, operated and non‐operated patients with epilepsy, as well as normal controls, were contacted for a survey. The questionnaire included 67 items concerning social background, life satisfaction, physical and psychological health, and sexuality (sexual desire, sexual contacts, sexual activity, etc). The results showed that patients with epilepsy do not rate overall life satisfaction much differently from neurologically normal control subjects. Specific questions regarding sexuality, revealed a lower sexual drive among the epilepsy patients compared with the controls. In most cases, there were no differences between the operated and the non‐operated patients. Among the operated patients, the seizure‐free group rated a higher level of life satisfaction and sexuality than the non‐seizure fre

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DOI:10.1111/j.1600-0404.1995.tb00459.x

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年代:1995

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DOI:10.1111/j.1600-0404.1995.tb00503.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1995

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DOI:10.1111/j.1600-0404.1995.tb00489.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1995

数据来源: WILEY

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DOI:10.1111/j.1600-0404.1995.tb01701.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1995

数据来源: WILEY

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DOI:10.1111/j.1600-0404.1995.tb00505.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1995

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DOI:10.1111/j.1600-0404.1995.tb01702.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1995

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DOI:10.1111/j.1600-0404.1995.tb01703.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1995

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DOI:10.1111/j.1600-0404.1995.tb01704.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1995

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摘要:

Recent advances in epilepsy surgery are a result of improved methods of assessment and diagnosis, a better understanding of seizures, the possibility of surgery at a younger age and the development of new surgical techniques. These factors have led to a wider selection of candidates for epilepsy surgery and shorter treatment trials with anti‐epilepsy drugs before surgery is considered. The psychosocial indications for surgery, however, are often not examined thoroughly enough. Epilepsy surgery shows the best results following temporal lobe excision, with 68% of patients becoming seizure‐free and 24% showing an improvement. Extra‐temporal surgery results in 45% of patients seizure‐free and 35% improved. The results of epilepsy surgery in children are similar to those of adults, with 67% of children becoming seizure‐free and 21% showing improvement, following successful extensive cortical excision for non‐inflammatory lesions. The beneficial psychosocial‐economic effects of epilepsy surgery are, however, seldom documented and more research is needed into methods of quantifying, in broader perspectives, the outco

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DOI:10.1111/j.1600-0404.1995.tb00492.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1995

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ISSN:0001-6314    

DOI:10.1111/j.1600-0404.1995.tb01705.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1995

数据来源: WILEY