TY - JOUR
T1 - Surgical Management of Intractable Childhood Epilepsy
T2 - Curative and Palliative Procedures
AU - Perry, M. Scott
AU - Duchowny, Michael
PY - 2011/9/1
Y1 - 2011/9/1
N2 - Epilepsy surgery is increasingly used to treat intractable childhood-onset epilepsy although it remains an underused treatment option. Advances in technology allowing more accurate identification of the epileptogenic zone along with a better understanding of the benefits of both curative and palliative epilepsy surgery have resulted in an increase of potential candidates. This review covers factors contributing to medical intractability and then details the evaluation of potential surgical candidates. We discuss pre-, peri-, and postoperative variables that lead to curative procedures and highlight the role of palliative epilepsy surgery in cases in which seizure freedom is unlikely.
AB - Epilepsy surgery is increasingly used to treat intractable childhood-onset epilepsy although it remains an underused treatment option. Advances in technology allowing more accurate identification of the epileptogenic zone along with a better understanding of the benefits of both curative and palliative epilepsy surgery have resulted in an increase of potential candidates. This review covers factors contributing to medical intractability and then details the evaluation of potential surgical candidates. We discuss pre-, peri-, and postoperative variables that lead to curative procedures and highlight the role of palliative epilepsy surgery in cases in which seizure freedom is unlikely.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.spen.2011.06.006
DO - 10.1016/j.spen.2011.06.006
M3 - Review article
C2 - 22062944
AN - SCOPUS:80655125250
VL - 18
SP - 195
EP - 202
JO - Seminars in Pediatric Neurology
JF - Seminars in Pediatric Neurology
SN - 1071-9091
IS - 3
ER -