Advances in Epilepsy Surgery

A large number of patients suffer from epilepsy that is intractable an adversely effects a child's lifelong experience with addition societal burden that is disabling and expensive. The last two decades have seen a major explosion of new anti-seizure medication options. Despite these advances, children with epilepsy continue to have intractable seizures. An option that has been long available but little used is epilepsy surgery to control intractable epilepsy. We discuss an approach to selecting the appropriate pediatric patient for consideration, a detailed evaluation including necessary work up, the creation of an algorithm to approach patients both with generalized and focal epilepsy.
Source: Pediatric Neurology - Category: Neurology Authors: Tags: Research Paper Source Type: research