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Corpus callosotomy as a palliative treatment for medically refractory epilepsy is an uncommon neurosurgical procedure. It is performed when no resectable seizure focus is identified and isolation of ictal seizure phenomena to one hemisphere would lead to a significant diminution of personal injury risk and/or an appreciable increase in adaptive function. Most patients tolerate the procedure well, but mild declines in isolated areas of function are common, and severe declines can sometimes occur (Campbell, Bogen, & Smith, 1981; Gur, Gur, Sussman, O’Connor, & Vey, 1984; Novelly & Lifrak, 1985; Rayport, Ferguson, & Corrie, 1984; Sass, Novelly, Spencer, & Spencer, 1987, 1990; Sass, Spencer, Novelly, & Spencer, 1988b; Sass, Spencer, Spencer, Novelly, Williamson, & Mattson, 1988a; Sass, Westerveld, Novelly, Spencer, & Spencer, 1989).
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Sass, K.J., Spencer, S.S., Westerveld, M., Spencer, D.D. (1992). The Neuropsychology of Corpus Callosotomy for Epilepsy. In: Bennett, T.L. (eds) The Neuropsychology of Epilepsy. Critical Issues in Neuropsychology. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-2350-9_14
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