PEDIATRIC EPILEPSY SURGERY

Marcelo Volpon Santos, Hélio Rubens Machado, Ricardo Santos de Oliveira

Abstract


There are many therapeutic options for the tratment of epilepsy. In general, anti-epileptic drugs are used initially; however, a great number of patients become refractory to pharmacological therapy, and further investigations frequently find brain abnormalities amenable to surgical treatment. In these cases, surgery comes up as an excellent alternative for seizure control. The current paper aims to describe the main clinical concepts and surgical strategies for epilepsy treatment.


Keywords


Epilepsy; Surgery; Treatment

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Revista Brasileira de Neurologia e Psiquiatria. ISSN: 1414-0365