Time to push the age limit: Epilepsy surgery in patients 60 years or older.
Vineet PuniaAhmed AbdelkaderRobyn M BuschJorge Gonzalez-MartinezWilliam BingamanImad NajmAndrey StojicPublished in: Epilepsia open (2018)
RES in well-selected older adults is a safe and effective therapy, and advanced age should not preclude consideration of surgical therapy in older adults with pharmacoresistant epilepsy.
Keyphrases
- physical activity
- end stage renal disease
- ejection fraction
- newly diagnosed
- minimally invasive
- chronic kidney disease
- middle aged
- peritoneal dialysis
- coronary artery bypass
- patient reported outcomes
- acute coronary syndrome
- mesenchymal stem cells
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- smoking cessation
- surgical site infection