Pediatric epilepsy surgery from 2000 to 2018: Changes in referral and surgical volumes, patient characteristics, genetic testing, and post-surgical outcomes.
Maria H ErikssonKirstie J WhitakerJohn BoothRory J PiperAswin ChariPatricia Martin SanfilippoAna Perez CaballeroLara MenziesAmy McTagueSophie AdlerKonrad WagstylMartin M TisdallJudith Helen CrossTorsten BaldewegPublished in: Epilepsia (2023)
Children with drug-resistant epilepsy continue to be put forward for surgery late, despite national and international guidelines urging prompt referral. Seizure freedom rates have improved over the past decades, but only after adjustment for a concurrent increase in complex cases. Finally, genetic testing in epilepsy surgery patients has expanded considerably over time and shows promise in identifying patients in whom surgery is unlikely to be successful.
Keyphrases
- minimally invasive
- drug resistant
- coronary artery bypass
- end stage renal disease
- newly diagnosed
- ejection fraction
- chronic kidney disease
- primary care
- multidrug resistant
- prognostic factors
- surgical site infection
- peritoneal dialysis
- acinetobacter baumannii
- squamous cell carcinoma
- deep learning
- case report
- young adults
- coronary artery disease
- patient reported outcomes
- locally advanced
- radiation therapy