Sociodemographic factors in pediatric epilepsy surgery

Despite documented efficacy of surgical treatment in carefully-selected patients, surgery is delayed and/or underutilized in both adult and children with focal onset epilepsy. The reasons for surgical delay are often assumed or theorized, and studies have predominantly been in the adult population. In order to focus on a more targeted pediatric population and to determine identifiable reasons for intervention, this study aimed to investigate time to epilepsy surgery amongst pediatric patients with medically intractable epilepsy associated with focal cortical dysplasia (FCD) and to identify sociodemographic and clinical associations in time to epilepsy surgery.
Source: Pediatric Neurology - Category: Neurology Authors: Tags: Research Paper Source Type: research