| Autor: |
O. Fernández-Concepción, M. López Jiménez, C. Valencia-Calderón, A. Calderón-Valdivieso, A. Recasén-Linares, L. Reyes-Haro, C. Vásquez-Ham |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Rok vydání: |
2021 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
Neurología (English Edition), Vol 36, Iss 4, Pp 271-278 (2021) |
| Druh dokumentu: |
article |
| ISSN: |
2173-5808 |
| DOI: |
10.1016/j.nrleng.2017.12.007 |
| Popis: |
Introduction: There is sufficient evidence on the usefulness of surgery as a therapeutic alternative for patients with drug-resistant epilepsy; however this treatment is underutilised, especially in developing countries. Methods: We describe the outcomes of epilepsy surgery in 27 paediatric patients at Hospital Baca Ortiz in Quito, Ecuador. Our analysis considered the following variables: reduction in seizure frequency, surgery outcome according to the Engel classification, improvement in quality of life, and serious complications due to surgery. Results: Twenty-one Corpus callosotomies and 6 resective surgeries were performed. The mean seizure frequency decreased from 465 per month before surgery to 37.2 per month thereafter (P |
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