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Verbal memory after epilepsy surgery in childhood
PURPOSE To investigate verbal memory after epilepsy surgery both group-wise and at the level of individual children, and to assess associations with side of surgery and removal of the temporal lobe. METHODS A prospective controlled study in a consecutive sample of 21 children undergoing epilepsy surgery, with comprehensive assessments of verbal memory before surgery and six, 12 and 24 months ...
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Anterior temporal resection may effectively relieve therapy-resistant seizures in children and give social, psychological and economic benefits. Epidemiological and prognostic data demonstrate that this is an under-utilised procedure: although an estimated 677 Ontario children per year would be candidates for anterior temporal resection, only 18 were performed in a 12 month period.
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objective the aim of the present study was to evaluate the efficacy and tolerability of a modified atkins diet for intractable childhood epilepsy. materials & methods twenty one children with medically intractable epilepsy were enrolled in the study. inclusion criteria were at least four seizures per month and a trial of at least three anticonvulsants without becoming seizure-free. the subjects...
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Surgery in the management of children with epilepsy is not new. Murray Falconer, a neurosurgeon at the Maudsley Hospital, recognised that children as well as adults may benefit from resective surgery, but the age range of his patients did not include the very young1. Traditionally, focal seizures have been more difficult to diagnose in the young child, both clinically and electrographically, an...
متن کاملQuality of life and epilepsy surgery in childhood and adolescence.
UNLABELLED Epilepsy can affect the quality of life (QOL) of patients. The temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) is often refractory to medication, which has an adverse impact on QOL. The surgery can be a form to control the seizures and to improve the QOL of the patients. OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to verify the QOL of children and adolescents with TLE who underwent surgery for epilepsy, comp...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Annals of Indian Academy of Neurology
سال: 2014
ISSN: 0972-2327
DOI: 10.4103/0972-2327.128665