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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Jul 9.
Published in final edited form as: Neurosurg Clin N Am. 2015 Oct 24;27(1):37–50. doi: 10.1016/j.nec.2015.08.004

Table 2.

Complications of stereotactic laser amygdalohippocampotomy

Complication Incidence in 49 Procedures (6 Reoperations) (n) (%)
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)