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Surgery for epilepsy

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2015
Focal epilepsies are caused by a malfunction of nerve cells localised in one part of one cerebral hemisphere. In studies, estimates of the number of individuals with focal epilepsy who do not become seizure-free despite optimal drug therapy vary according to the age of the participants and which focal epilepsies are included, but have been reported as ...
Siobhan, West   +7 more
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Epilepsy surgery in stroke-related epilepsy

Seizure, 2021
To provide a descriptive analysis on the presurgical evaluation and surgical management of a cohort of patients with stroke related epilepsy (SRE).We retrospectively examined the clinical characteristics, results of non-invasive and invasive presurgical evaluation, surgical management and outcome of consecutive patients with drug-resistant SRE in our ...
Miguel A, Arévalo-Astrada   +11 more
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Temporal lobe epilepsy surgery in children and adults: A multicenter study

Epilepsia, 2020
To assess seizure and cognitive outcomes and their predictors in children (
C. Barba   +30 more
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Newer epilepsy surgeries

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry, 2016
In their JNNP paper, Gooneratna et al 1 review long-term studies of three surgical therapies for pharmacoresistant focal epilepsy: vagal nerve stimulation, which provides the most evidence, anterior thalamic nucleus deep brain stimulation (ANT DBS) and cortical responsive stimulation (CRS).
Michael, Samuel, Richard, Selway
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EPILEPSY SURGERY

Neuroimaging Clinics of North America, 1995
Epilepsy surgery is an important treatment for many patients with seizures refractory to medical therapy. In this article, the background for this surgery is discussed, and the most common operations reviewed. With early diagnosis and successful surgery, many patients can be returned to active and productive lives.
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Surgery for Epilepsy

Neurologic Clinics, 1985
Despite important advances in the treatment of epilepsy over the past several decades, many patients remain uncontrolled. Partial complex (psychomotor) seizures are the largest problem, with less than two thirds of patients successfully managed despite optimal medication use. In these situations, various surgical procedures may be helpful, depending on
D D, Spencer, S S, Spencer
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Epilepsy surgery

Acta Neurologica Scandinavica, 1996
Only 15% of patients with severe epilepsy with frequent partial seizures achieve any improvement in their seizure frequency by further drug treatment. As we know that epileptic seizures result in neuron loss with early development of mental deterioration, that the mortality rate of patients with epilepsy is increased and that an exact localization of ...
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Epilepsy surgery

Current Opinion in Neurology, 1994
The publication of many review papers and five books on the surgical treatment of epilepsy during the past year attests to the tremendous increase in interest in this alternative mode of therapy. The number of therapeutic surgical procedures in the United States alone has more than tripled since 1986; however, there may be 10- to 100-fold more patients
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Method of invasive monitoring in epilepsy surgery and seizure freedom and morbidity: A systematic review

Epilepsia, 2019
Invasive monitoring is sometimes necessary to guide resective surgery in epilepsy patients, but the ideal method is unknown. In this systematic review, we assess the association of postresection seizure freedom and adverse events in ...
Han Yan   +6 more
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Indications and expectations for neuropsychological assessment in epilepsy surgery in children and adults.

Epileptic disorders, 2019
In our first paper in this series (Epilepsia 2015; 56(5): 674-681), we published recommendations for the indications and expectations for neuropsychological assessment in routine epilepsy care.
S. Baxendale   +10 more
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