Surgical treatment of epilepsy

Authors

  • Manuel Gonçalves Interno do Internato Complementar de Neurologa, Serviço de Neurologia do Hospital de Santo António dos Capu­chos, Lisboa
  • Rita Almeida Assistente Eventual de Neurologia, Serviço de Neurologia do Hospital de Santo António dos Capu­chos, Lisboa

Keywords:

epilepsy, epilepsy surgery, tempo­ral lobe epilepsy

Abstract

Antiepileptic drugs remain the mainstay of treatment of patients with epilepsy. However, we must have surgical therapy as an optionfor those patients who are not completely free of seizures and for those who are free of seizures but suffer toxic side effects. Advances in diagnostic testing and surgical technique have greatly im­proved the safety and efficacy of surgical treat­ment, particularly for clearly defined, surgically remediable syndromes such as mesial temporal lobe epilepsy and certain pediatric disorders. Surgery for epilepsy has now become an option that should be considered along with various medical treatment options.

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1996-03-29

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Gonçalves M, Almeida R. Surgical treatment of epilepsy. RPMI [Internet]. 1996 Mar. 29 [cited 2024 May 19];3(1):43-8. Available from: https://revista.spmi.pt/index.php/rpmi/article/view/2262

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Vol. 3 No. 1 (1996): Janeiro/ Março

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