Epilepsy surgery in infants up to 3 months of age: Safety, feasibility, and outcomes: A multicenter, multinational study.
Jonathan RothShlomi ConstantiniMargaret EksteinHoward L WeinerManjari TripathiPoodipedi Sarat ChandraMassimo CossuMichele RizziRobert J BolloHélio Rubens MachadoMarcelo Volpon SantosRobert F KeatingChima O OluigboJames T RutkaJames M DrakeGeorge I JalloNir ShimonyJeffrey M TreiberAlessandro ConsalesFrancesco T ManganoJeffrey H WisoffEveline Teresa HidalgoWilliam E BingamanAjay GuptaGozde ErdemirSwetha J SundarMony BeniflaVladimir ShapiraSandi K LamAria FallahCassia A B ManiquisMartin TisdallAswin ChariGiuseppe CinalliJeffrey P BlountGeorg Dorfmüllernull Christine BulteauShimrit Uliel-SibonyPublished in: Epilepsia (2021)
Epilepsy surgery during the first few months of life is associated with excellent seizure control, and when performed by highly experienced teams, is not associated with more permanent morbidity than surgery in older infants. Thus surgical treatment should not be postponed to treat DRE in very young infants based on their age.