Notes about drug-resistant epilepsy surgery

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Keywords:

epilepsy surgery, neurosurgery, functional neurosurgery

Abstract

Epilepsy is one of the most frequent neurological diseases. The complexity of treating candidate-for-surgery drug-resistant epilepsy patients makes it necessary to know the disease´s characteristics and the surgical techniques for its improvement; it is thus possible to offer the best therapeutic option to the patient. The fundamental objective of epilepsy surgery is to achieve resection (or disconnection) of the cortical areas or connections responsible for the generation of seizures, in order to control them, and thus achieve an improvement in the patient's quality of life. The general categories of epilepsy surgery are resective, disconnective, neuromodulatory techniques, and radiosurgery. The option of surgical treatment for patients with drug-resistant epilepsy must be preceded by an exhaustive pre-surgical evaluation whose fundamental link is the identification of the epileptogenic zone and its characteristics.

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Published

2021-09-11

How to Cite

Hodelin Maynard, E. H., Quintanal Cordero, N. E., Morales Chacón, L., Hernández Díaz, Z., & Abreu Duque, A. (2021). Notes about drug-resistant epilepsy surgery. Anales De La Academia De Ciencias De Cuba, 11(3), e972. Retrieved from https://revistaccuba.sld.cu/index.php/revacc/article/view/972

Issue

Vol. 11 No. 3 (2021): septiembre-diciembre

Section

Biomedical sciences

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