Epilepsy surgery in children and adults

P Ryvlin, JH Cross, S Rheims - The Lancet Neurology, 2014 - thelancet.com
Epilepsy surgery is the most effective way to control seizures in patients with drug-resistant
focal epilepsy, often leading to improvements in cognition, behaviour, and quality of life …

Rates and predictors of seizure freedom in resective epilepsy surgery: an update

DJ Englot, EF Chang - Neurosurgical review, 2014 - Springer
Epilepsy is a debilitating neurological disorder affecting approximately 1% of the world's
population. Drug-resistant focal epilepsies are potentially surgically remediable. Although …

Social determinants of health in epilepsy

M Szaflarski - Epilepsy & Behavior, 2014 - Elsevier
Social factors have been identified as key drivers of epilepsy care, outcomes, and
disparities, but there is a limited understanding of what these factors are and how they …

Disparities in access to deep brain stimulation surgery for Parkinson disease: interaction between African American race and Medicaid use

AK Chan, RA McGovern, LT Brown, JP Sheehy… - JAMA …, 2014 - jamanetwork.com
Importance African American individuals experience barriers to accessing many types of
health care in the United States, resulting in substantial health care disparities. To improve …

Minimally invasive techniques for epilepsy surgery: stereotactic radiosurgery and other technologies: a review

M Quigg, C Harden - Journal of neurosurgery, 2014 - thejns.org
Minimally invasive surgical techniques for the treatment of medically intractable epilepsy,
which have been developed by neurosurgeons and epileptologists almost simultaneously …

Evolution of cranial epilepsy surgery complication rates: a 32-year systematic review and meta-analysis: a review

CC Tebo, AI Evins, PJ Christos, J Kwon… - Journal of …, 2014 - thejns.org
Object Surgical interventions for medically refractory epilepsy are effective in selected
patients, but they are underutilized. There remains a lack of pooled data on complication …

Antiepileptogenesis in humans: disappointing clinical evidence and ways to move forward

E Trinka, F Brigo - Current opinion in neurology, 2014 - journals.lww.com
Antiepileptogenesis in humans: disappointing clinical eviden... : Current Opinion in Neurology
Antiepileptogenesis in humans: disappointing clinical evidence and ways to move forward …

Temporal lobe surgery in G ermany from 1988 to 2008: diverse trends in etiological subgroups

C Helmstaedter, TW May, M Von Lehe… - European journal of …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Background and purpose In the epilepsy community, there is talk that the number of
classical patients with early onset temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) and A mmon's horn sclerosis …

Feasibility of using an online tool to assess appropriateness for an epilepsy surgery evaluation

JI Roberts, C Hrazdil, S Wiebe, K Sauro, A Hanson… - Neurology, 2014 - AAN Enterprises
Objectives: To examine the applicability of applying an online tool to determine the
appropriateness of referral for an epilepsy surgical evaluation and to determine whether …

Yes, neurostimulation has a role in the management of epilepsy

S Benbadis, S Helmers, L Hirsch, J Sirven, FL Vale… - Neurology, 2014 - AAN Enterprises
The treatment of epilepsy involves 4 modalities: medications, neurostimulation, diet, and
surgery. The proportion of medically refractory patients remains around 30%, despite new …