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Timing of referral to evaluate for epilepsy surgery: Expert Consensus Recommendations from the Surgical Therapies Commission of the International League Against Epilepsy

Epilepsia, 2022
Epilepsy surgery is the treatment of choice for patients with drug‐resistant seizures. A timely evaluation for surgical candidacy can be life‐saving for patients who are identified as appropriate surgical candidates, and may also enhance the care of ...
Lara Jehi, Nathalie Jetté, Churl‐Su Kwon, Colin B. Josephson, Jorge G. Burneo, Fernando Cendes, Michael R. Sperling, Sallie Baxendale, Robyn M. Busch, Chahnez Triki, J. Helen Cross, Dana Ekstein, Dario J. Englot, Guoming Luan, André Palmini, Loreto Ríos, Xiongfei Wang, Karl Roessler, Bertil Rydenhag, Georgia Ramantani, Stephan Schuele, Jo M. Wilmshurst, Sarah J. Wilson, Samuel Wiebe   +23 more
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Epilepsy surgery for refractory seizures: a systematic review and meta-analysis in different complications

The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery, 2020
Background Nearly one-third of epilepsy patients are refractory/resistant to medical treatment. Developments made in surgical techniques have significantly increased the effectiveness and safety of these techniques, as such techniques have been ...
Maryam Joudi Mashhad, Hadi Harati, Fateme Parooie, Morteza Salarzaei   +3 more
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Consensus on pediatric epilepsy surgery for young children: an investigation by the China Association Against Epilepsy task force on epilepsy surgery [PDF]

Acta Epileptologica, 2023
Researchers have widely acknowledged the therapeutic value of epilepsy surgery for drug-resistant epilepsy. Nonetheless, there is a substantial gap in the surgical treatment for appropriate candidates owing to several factors, particularly in the ...
Lixin Cai, Kai Zhang, Wenjing Zhou, Xiaoqiu Shao, Yuguang Guan, Tao Yu, Ye Wu, Shuhua Chen, Rui Zhao, Shuli Liang, Xun Wu, Guoming Luan, Yuwu Jiang, Jianguo Zhang, Xiaoyan Liu   +14 more
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Presurgical epilepsy evaluation and epilepsy surgery [PDF]

F1000Research, 2019
With a prevalence of 0.8 to 1.2%, epilepsy represents one of the most frequent chronic neurological disorders; 30 to 40% of patients suffer from drug-resistant epilepsy (that is, seizures cannot be controlled adequately with antiepileptic drugs). Epilepsy surgery represents a valuable treatment option for 10 to 50% of these patients.
Christoph Baumgartner, Johannes P. Koren, Martha Britto-Arias, Lea Zoche, Susanne Pirker   +4 more
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What determines the timing of epilepsy surgery in children with cortical malformations and low‐grade epilepsy‐associated tumors? [PDF]

Epilepsia Open
Objectives Timely referral and efficient presurgical evaluation are important to optimize postoperative seizure and developmental outcomes in epilepsy surgery patients.
Maurits W. C. B. Sanders, Matyas Ebel, Aswin Chari, Merel Fleumer, Anca M. Vasilica, Maria H. Eriksson, Martin Tisdall, Barbora Splitkova, Anezka Belohlavkova, Willem M. Otte, Floor E. Jansen, J. Helen Cross, Kees P. J. Braun, Pavel Krsek   +13 more
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Why patients say no: Patient barriers to epilepsy surgery among patients with drug‐resistant epilepsy in Singapore [PDF]

Epilepsia Open
Objective Epilepsy surgery is globally underutilized due to disease‐, system‐, and patient‐related barriers. These barriers are suboptimally understood in Asia. Patient‐related barriers are of particular interest because they are culture‐specific and may
Zhibin Tan, Meenatchii Shanmugham, Sangeetha Adiyapatham, Zhi En Chan, Zhi Yi Chan, Hua Chan Ling, Jia Yi Shen, Tushar Gosavi, Deidre Anne De Silva, Shih Hui Lim   +9 more
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Facilitators and barriers to neurologist referral of patients for epilepsy surgery evaluation [PDF]

Epilepsia Open
Objective Epilepsy surgery offers a potential cure for drug‐resistant epilepsy (DRE), yet surgery is underutilized. An estimated 5% of patients with DRE undergo long‐term EEG monitoring (LTM) annually, the requisite first step of evaluation for surgical ...
Chloé E. Hill, Daniel Hochster, Jessica E. Baker, Alison L. Herman, Nishad Shaheid, Susanna S. O'Kula, Jack M. Parent, Darin B. Zahuranec, Lesli E. Skolarus   +8 more
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Stereo-EEG tailored resection in a child with presumed perinatal post-stroke epilepsy: The complex organization of epileptogenic zone

Epilepsy & Behavior Reports, 2023
Introduction: Only a few studies have focused on tailored resection in post-stroke epilepsy, in which hemispherectomy and hemispherotomy are the most recognized treatments. Case description: We describe the case of a patient with drug-resistant, presumed
D. Chiarello, G. Tumminelli, F. Sandrin, C. Vilasi, L. Castana, G. Lo Russo, A. Liava, S. Francione   +7 more
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Automated generation of epilepsy surgery resection masks: The RAMPS pipeline. [PDF]

Imaging Neurosci (Camb)
Simpson C, Hall G, Duncan JS, Wang Y, Taylor PN.   +4 more
europepmc   +3 more sources

Is the anatomical lesion always guilty?: A case report

Epilepsy & Behavior Reports, 2022
During a presurgical workup, when discordant structural and electroclinical localization is identified, further evaluation with invasive EEG is often necessary.
Veronica Pelliccia, Francesco Cardinale, Ginevra Giovannelli, Laura Castana, Marco de Curtis, Laura Tassi   +5 more
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