A systematic survey of the measures used to identify postoperative changes in language function following epilepsy surgery.

ABSTRACT: Epilepsy surgery, particularly dominant temporal lobe resection, poses a significant risk of post-surgical language decline. There is considerable heterogeneity in the language assessment protocols employed across epilepsy surgery centers. This in turn is reflected in the observed variability in the incidence of language decline reported in the literature. We systematically surveyed cognitive outcome literature to critically appraise the nature and frequency of language assessment in order to establish the parameters of the existing evidence base. We found that confrontation naming was the most frequently used paradigm to assess language function (96%), followed by verbal fluency (47%) and language comprehension (13%). Over 75% of studies reported outcomes within the first two years of sur

SUBMITTER: Puntambekar I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12716311 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature