Advances of presurgical evaluation of drug-resistant epilepsy in children
10.3760/cma.j.issn.2095-428X.2019.18.020
- VernacularTitle: 儿童难治性癫痫的术前评估进展
- Author:
Wenquan XU
1
;
Rui ZHAO
;
Hao LI
Author Information
1. Department of Neurosurgery, Children′s Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, National Center for Children′s Health, Shanghai 201102, China
- Publication Type:Review
- Keywords:
Drug-resistant epilepsy;
Presurgical evaluation;
Child
- From:
Chinese Journal of Applied Clinical Pediatrics
2019;34(18):1433-1436
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Epilepsy mostly starts in childhood and can cause severe mental disorders.Treatment with antiepileptic drugs is effective in most patients, but 20%-30% of the patients continue to have uncontrolled seizures despite medical therapy, these are called drug-resistant epilepsy and need surgical treatment.Critical to discussion of surgical therapy are detailed presurgical evaluation and the lateralization and localization of epileptogenic zone.With deepening of the knowledge of epilepsy and progress of imaging technology, the evaluation of epilepsy surgery is changing gradually.Now, some methods and advances of surgical evaluation for children with drug-resistant epilepsy are reviewed.
