Journal article
Palliative Epilepsy Surgery Procedures in Children
Seminars in pediatric neurology, Vol.39, pp.100912-100912
10/2021
DOI: 10.1016/j.spen.2021.100912
PMID: 34620461
Abstract
Surgical treatment of epilepsy typically focuses on identification of a seizure focus with subsequent resection and/or disconnection to "cure" the patient's epilepsy and achieve seizure freedom. Palliative epilepsy surgery modalities are efficacious in improving seizure frequency, severity, and quality of life. In this paper, we review palliative epilepsy surgical options for children: vagus nerve stimulation, responsive neurostimulation, deep brain stimulation, hemispherotomy, corpus callosotomy, lobectomy and/or lesionectomy and multiple subpial transection. Reoperation after surgical resection should also be considered. If curative resection is not a viable option for seizure freedom, these methods should be considered with equal emphasis and urgency in the treatment of drug-resistant epilepsy.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Palliative Epilepsy Surgery Procedures in Children
- Creators
- Tyson S Matern - University of IowaRebecca DeCarlo - Department of Neurosciences, Atrium Health System.Michael A Ciliberto - University of IowaRani K Singh - Department of Pediatrics, Atrium Health System/Levine Children's Hospital. Electronic address:
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Seminars in pediatric neurology, Vol.39, pp.100912-100912
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.spen.2021.100912
- PMID
- 34620461
- ISSN
- 1071-9091
- eISSN
- 1558-0776
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 10/2021
- Academic Unit
- Neurology; Stead Family Department of Pediatrics; Neurology (Pediatrics)
- Record Identifier
- 9984303014902771
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