ABSTRACT
In summarizing the psychologic changes following topectomy Landis (’49) commented as follows: “No patient in this group of 19 operatees which we have studied had a real or permanent impairment of mental function brought about by the operation, which could be demonstrated in any way by our exhaustive psychological test battery. In individual patients specific losses in the form of marked decreases in scores did occur but these losses were, so far as we could tell, more than compensated for by other marked gains and hence did not lead to impairment. There was no real loss in memory, learning, or intellectual functions brought about by any of the topectomy operations. There was a real valid gain in some recall and recognition memory scores in many of the patients, which gain was usually associated with the social recovery of the patient.”
