Usefulness of Wada test in predicting seizure outcome following anterior temporal lobectomy

• Study population consisted of uniform group of patients with MTLE.
• Majority (87%) had pathologically verified hippocampal sclerosis.
• Selection for surgery was not influenced by Wada results.
• One of the largest study to report the seizure outcome in patients with Wada failure.
• Wada test was found to be only modestly useful for predicting seizure outcome.

SummaryObjectiveTo study the usefulness of the Wada test for predicting seizure outcome following anterior temporal lobectomy (ATL).