Current and Emerging Surgical Therapies for Severe Pediatric Epilepsies

The use of epilepsy surgery in various medically-resistant epilepsies is well-established. For patients with intractable pediatric epilepsy, the role of intracranial electrodes, resective surgery, hemispherectomy, corpus callosotomy, neurostimulation, and multiple subpial transections continues to be very effective in select cases. Newer treatment and diagnostic methods include laser thermal ablation, minimally invasive surgeries, stereo electroencephalogram (EEG), changes in electrocorticography, and other emerging techniques.
Source: Seminars in Pediatric Neurology - Category: Neurology Authors: Source Type: research