Resective and ablative surgical treatment of epilepsy in adults - UpToDate
Epilepsy is one of the most common chronic neurologic disorders, and approximately 20 to 30 percent of patients with epilepsy will have medically and socially disabling seizure disorders. Such patients are at increased risk for serious morbidity and mortality, including cognitive disorders, depression, physical trauma, and sudden unexpected death in epilepsy. Surgical therapy is an important and underutilized treatment in patients with drug-resistant focal epilepsy. Surgical procedures for epilepsy range from focal resection of the epileptogenic cortex to minimally invasive techniques (laser interstitial thermal therapy, stereotactic radiosurgery). Interventions that remove or isolate the cortex of a grossly diseased hemisphere (functional hemispherectomy, anterior corpus callosotomy, multiple subpial transections) are most often performed in children and are not discussed further here. The goals of treatment for individuals with drug-resistant epilepsy are to render the patient seizur
Epilepsy is one of the most common chronic neurologic disorders, and approximately 20 to 30 percent of patients with epilepsy will have medically and socially disabling seizure disorders. Such patients are at increased risk for serious morbidity and mortality, including cognitive disorders, depression, physical trauma, and sudden unexpected death in epilepsy. Surgical therapy is an important and underutilized treatment in patients with drug-resistant focal epilepsy. Surgical procedures for epilepsy range from focal resection of the epileptogenic cortex to minimally invasive techniques (laser i
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