Alexandra Liava
University of Milan-Bicocca, Italy
Posters-Accepted Abstracts: J Neurol Disord
Frontal Lobe Epilepsy (FLE) is the second most common type of localization-related epilepsy that undergoes surgical treatment, and probably the most challenging in terms of medical and surgical treatment. Posterior Cortex Epilepsy (PCE) surgery accounts for about 20% in large pediatric series and its diagnostic complexity has been emphasized in literature. We present an exclusively pediatric patient population ΓΆΒ?Β? age at surgery of less than 16 years - with at least 2 years of postoperative follow up, consisting in: ΓΆΒ?ΒΆ A group of 85 children who underwent surgery for pharmaco-resistant FLE with tailored resections located strictly within the anatomical limits of the FL, and ΓΆΒ?ΒΆ A group of 70 children who received resections in the posterior part of the brain, namely in the parieto-occipital lobes and the occipital border of the temporal lobe, for pharmaco-resistant PCE. Thirty-eight percent of patients necessitated an invasive pre-surgical evaluation with Stereo- EEG. Seizure freedom (Engel class I) was achieved by 74% of the FLE group and 86% of the PCE group. Clinical characteristics, global outcome and prognostic elements of seizure outcome of these two distinct populations will be discussed.
Email: alexandra_liava@yahoo.it
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