The long|term outcome of adult epilepsy surgery

The long-term outcome of adult epilepsy surgery, patterns of seizure ...

We did this study to identify long-term outcome of epilepsy surgery in adults by establishing patterns of seizure remission and relapse after surgery.

The long-term outcomes of epilepsy surgery - PMC

Kaplan-Meier estimates showed that 47% (95% CI 40–58) remained seizure free (apart from simple partial seizures) at 5 years and 38% (95% CI 31– ...

Long-Term Outcome of Temporal Lobe Epilepsy Surgery in 621 ...

The goal of successful treatment is sustained seizure freedom. In our study, we evaluated sustained long-term (up to 23 years) surgical outcomes in 621 patients ...

The long-term outcomes of epilepsy surgery | PLOS ONE

A positive long-term outcome after epilepsy surgery is possible for many patients and especially those with hippocampal sclerosis or those who had anterior ...

Long-term outcome after epilepsy surgery in older adults

No patient died during or related to surgery. Two years after epilepsy surgery, 82% of our patients showed a favourable outcome (Engel class I + II), 68% were ...

Long-term outcomes of surgical treatment for epilepsy in adults with ...

Highlights. •. Long-term seizure freedom in adults since temporal lobe resection is around 50%. •. A higher proportion has been seizure-free at least a year at ...

Long-term seizure outcomes following epilepsy surgery

On the other hand, long-term seizure freedom was consistently lower after extratemporal surgery and palliative procedures. epilepsy surgery, long-term outcome, ...

Long-term outcomes of surgical treatment for epilepsy in adults with ...

Long-term seizure freedom in adults since temporal lobe resection is around 50%. A higher proportion has been seizure-free at least a year at each time-point ...

Long-term outcome after temporal lobe epilepsy surgery in 434 ...

Some reports stated that the long-term outcome is worse than the shortterm outcome and that 48–55% of patients continued to experience seizures ...

Long-Term Neuropsychological Outcomes Following Temporal ...

Cognitive function remained stable through long-term follow up despite immediate post-surgery decline; a negative relation between seizure control and memory ...

Nonlesional Extratemporal Lobe Epilepsy Surgery - JAMA Network

The reported rates of excellent surgical outcome for nonlesional partial epilepsy range from 41% to 65% for the temporal lobe, 37% for mixed ...

Long-Term Outcomes of Epilepsy Surgery in Adults and Children

About this book. This book provides a comprehensive, rigorous review of the long-term outcome literature in epilepsy surgery in both adults and children. Each ...

Long-term outcome of extratemporal epilepsy surgery among 154 ...

In our study of the long-term outcome after extratemporal epilepsy surgery in adults, 51.1% of patients were seizure free, 88.9% had a favorable outcome ( ...

Long-term employment outcomes after epilepsy surgery in childhood

Long-term overall employment rates were higher compared to most previous studies on surgery in adults. Seizure-free patients with a preoperative IQ ≥70 showed ...

Risks and Benefits of Epilepsy Surgery

The greatest benefit of epilepsy surgery is a decrease in number of seizures. For some people, this benefit means freedom from all seizures.

Long-term outcomes in epilepsy surgery: antiepileptic drugs ...

Intelligence was unchanged by surgery, but long-term memory outcomes were associated with seizure freedom and side of temporal lobe resection. Few long-term, ...

Surgical Treatment of Nonlesional Neocortical Epilepsy: Long-term ...

In addition, to our knowledge have been no studies of the longitudinal prognosis after resective surgery in nonlesional neocortical epilepsy, ...

Long-term outcome of lesional posterior cortical epilepsy surgery in ...

Conclusions: Surgery in PCEs proved to be effective in short- and long-term follow-up. Lesional posterior cortical epilepsy may be a progressive process in a ...

Epilepsy duration and seizure outcome in epilepsy surgery

As younger people obviously have had their epilepsy for a shorter time than older adults, the patient's age at surgery may confound the association between ...

Long-Term Seizure Outcome Following Resective Surgery for Epilepsy

Surgical intervention is expected to improve the quality of life in patients with intractable epilepsy by providing adequate seizure control.