Focal cortical dysplasia (FCD) is the most frequent etiology of operable pharmacoresistant
epilepsy in children. There is burgeoning evidence that FCD‐related epilepsy is a disorder …

Surgical intervention for epilepsy emerged in the second half of the 20th century as an
important option for pediatric patients with medically refractory epilepsy. Both the number of …

Objective Although genetic causes of drug-resistant focal epilepsy and selected focal
malformations of cortical development (MCD) have been described, a limited number of …

Neuropsychological impairments are common in children with drug-resistant epilepsy. It has
been proposed that epilepsy surgery may alleviate these impairments by providing seizure …

Background and Objectives Genetic testing is now the standard of care for many neurologic
conditions. Health care disparities are unfortunately widespread in the US health care …

While the diagnosis of epilepsy relies on the presence of seizures, it encompasses a group
of phenotypically and etiologically diverse disorders in which seizures may only be one of a …

Hippocampal Sclerosis (HS) can elude visual detection on MRI scans of patients with
temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE), causing delays in surgical treatment and reducing the …

Objective Most paediatric epilepsies with MRI visible lesions do not respond to antiseizure
pharmacotherapy. Such medication resistance, which often takes years to become formally …

Objective Many children with lesional epilepsies progress to drug resistance, a criterion
required for surgical referral. Expedited surgery may reduce exposure of the developing …

Objective A greater extent of resection of the temporal portion of the piriform cortex (PC) has
been shown to be associated with higher likelihood of seizure freedom in adults undergoing …