The association of cognitive phenotypes with postoperative outcomes after epilepsy surgery in patients with temporal lobe epilepsy

Introduction The concept of cognitive phenotypes has been developed to categorize the heterogeneity of neuropsychological profiles in patients with temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE). This study examines the utility of cognitive phenotypes derived from clinical criteria in the prediction of postoperative outcomes. Methods Scores from 9 standardized neuropsychological tests were used to sample preoperative performance in 4 core domains (intellectual,...