Table 2.
Complications of stereotactic laser amygdalohippocampotomy
Complication | Incidence in 49 Procedures (6 Reoperations) (n) (%) |
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Hemorrhage | 2 (4.1) |
Visual field deficit (total) | 4 (8.2) |
Transient (superior quadrantanopia) | 1 (2.0) |
Persistent | 3 (6.1) |
Homonymous heminanopia | 1 (2.0) |
Superior quadrantanopia | 2 (4.1) |
Cranial nerve deficit (transient) | 2 (4.1) |
CN3 | 1 (2.0) |
CN4 | 1 (2.0) |