XXXX surgery outcome among US veterans.

@entity1 @entity410 @entity146 @entity302 @entity734
We retrospectively studied the outcome of anterior temporal lobectomy (ATL) among a population of veterans and evaluated outcome related to comorbidities. Veterans who underwent ATL between 1990 and 2001 at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Madison, Wisconsin, were included. Data related to postoperative @entity410 outcome, quality of life outcome, and employment outcome were collected. Factors associated with favorable outcome and outcome related to comorbidities were evaluated. Twenty-seven @entity1 were entered into the study. The mean age at onset of @entity410 was 25 years (+/-10.2). History of a non- @entity734 @entity146 diagnosis, and @entity734 was present in 26% (7/27) and 30% (9/27), respectively, prior to surgery. While 66.6% (18/27) had a good outcome (Engel's Class I), no difference in the frequency of good outcome was seen among the @entity1 with a history of @entity734 , other @entity146 diagnosis (71%), or no @entity146 diagnosis (67%). There was a significant correlation between @entity410 outcome and quality of life score (r(s)=0.67, p<0.001) and postoperative employment gains (r(s)=0.48, p=0.01). Outcomes among veterans that underwent ATL can be satisfactory even in the context of the late mean age of @entity302 onset and the @entity146 diagnoses that were present in this sample.
