ABSTRACT
Other factors Role of age Patients older than 45 years may benefit from epilepsy surgery, at least for temporal lobe seizures.21-23 Postoperative results, however, are poorer than in younger patients in terms of seizure control and quality of life.21,23,24 Overall, the risk of postoperative cognitive deficit does not seem higher than for younger patients.23 A greater age at surgery, however, seems predictive of a stronger decline in verbal memory for surgery of the dominant hemisphere for langage.25 Also, the risks of major complication of surgery might be higher in patients older than 35 years.26
