Epilepsy Surgery in Children versus Adults
Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
; : 328-335, 2019.
Artigo
em Inglês
| WPRIM (Pacífico Ocidental)
| ID: wpr-765347
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WPRO
ABSTRACT
Epilepsy is one of the most common chronic neurological disorder affecting 6–7 per 1000 worldwide. Nearly one-third of patients with newly diagnosed epilepsy continue to have recurrent seizures despite adequate trial of more than two anti-seizure drugs drug-resistant epilepsy (DRE). Children with DRE often experience cognitive and psychosocial co-morbidities requiring more urgent and aggressive treatment than adults. Epilepsy surgery can result in seizure-freedom in approximately two-third of children with improvement in cognitive development and quality of life. Understanding fundamental differences in etiology, co-morbidity, and neural plasticity between children and adults is critical for appropriate selection of surgical candidates, appropriate presurgical evaluation and surgical approach, and improved overall outcome.
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Base de dados:
WPRIM (Pacífico Ocidental)
Assunto principal:
Plásticos
/
Qualidade de Vida
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Convulsões
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Epilepsia
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Epilepsia Resistente a Medicamentos
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Doenças do Sistema Nervoso
Aspecto:
Preferência do paciente
Limite:
Adulto
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Criança
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Humanos
Idioma:
Inglês
Revista:
Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
Ano de publicação:
2019
Tipo de documento:
Artigo