EPILEPSY SURGERY IN PATIENTS WITH TUBEROUS SCLEROSIS

With a few exceptions patients with tuberous sclerosis (TS) suffering from drug-resistant epilepsies have potentially epileptogenic lesionswithin both hemispheres. Until one decade ago in general such a constellation was an xclusion criteria for considerations with respect to epilepsy surgery. Howev...

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Main Authors: Hans Holthausen, Tom Pieper, Hans Eitel, Manfred Kudernatsch
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Published: ABV-press 2015-04-01
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description With a few exceptions patients with tuberous sclerosis (TS) suffering from drug-resistant epilepsies have potentially epileptogenic lesionswithin both hemispheres. Until one decade ago in general such a constellation was an xclusion criteria for considerations with respect to epilepsy surgery. However experience has shown that it is not so rare to find patients in whom over the ears seizures are generated from just one single focus and that these patients can be good candidates for epilepsy surgery. Almost revolutionary was the further evelopment: multi-step procedures in patients with bilateral epileptogenic lesions – with promising results in terms of postoperative seizure outcome. Also, with increasing experience, it becomes more and more possible to differentiate already non-invasively which lesions could be epileptogenic and which are rather not the source of the seizures. The most important achievement of epilepsy surgery in TS however is that in selected cases early surgical intervention is able to prevent severe mental retardations, which are often the main burden for families who have members with this peculiar disease.
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spelling doaj-art-7ad98ff4292c40e084046596497e8bea2025-08-20T03:44:13ZrusABV-pressРусский журнал детской неврологии2073-88032412-91782015-04-01101404610.17650/2073-8803-2015-1-40-4640EPILEPSY SURGERY IN PATIENTS WITH TUBEROUS SCLEROSISHans Holthausen0Tom Pieper1Hans Eitel2Manfred Kudernatsch3Neuropediatric Clinic and Clinic for Neurorehabiltation, Epilepsy Center for Children and Adolescents; Schoen-Klinik Vogtareuth; 20 Krankenhausstrasse, D-83569, Vogtareuth, DeutschlandNeuropediatric Clinic and Clinic for Neurorehabiltation, Epilepsy Center for Children and Adolescents; Schoen-Klinik Vogtareuth; 20 Krankenhausstrasse, D-83569, Vogtareuth, DeutschlandNeuropediatric Clinic and Clinic for Neurorehabiltation, Epilepsy Center for Children and Adolescents; Schoen-Klinik Vogtareuth; 20 Krankenhausstrasse, D-83569, Vogtareuth, DeutschlandNeurosurgery Clinic and Clinic for Epilepsy Surgery; Schoen-Klinik Vogtareuth; 20 Krankenhausstrasse, D-83569, Vogtareuth, DeutschlandWith a few exceptions patients with tuberous sclerosis (TS) suffering from drug-resistant epilepsies have potentially epileptogenic lesionswithin both hemispheres. Until one decade ago in general such a constellation was an xclusion criteria for considerations with respect to epilepsy surgery. However experience has shown that it is not so rare to find patients in whom over the ears seizures are generated from just one single focus and that these patients can be good candidates for epilepsy surgery. Almost revolutionary was the further evelopment: multi-step procedures in patients with bilateral epileptogenic lesions – with promising results in terms of postoperative seizure outcome. Also, with increasing experience, it becomes more and more possible to differentiate already non-invasively which lesions could be epileptogenic and which are rather not the source of the seizures. The most important achievement of epilepsy surgery in TS however is that in selected cases early surgical intervention is able to prevent severe mental retardations, which are often the main burden for families who have members with this peculiar disease.https://rjdn.abvpress.ru/jour/article/view/46tuberous sclerosisepilepsymental retardationepilepsy surgery
spellingShingle Hans Holthausen
Tom Pieper
Hans Eitel
Manfred Kudernatsch
EPILEPSY SURGERY IN PATIENTS WITH TUBEROUS SCLEROSIS
Русский журнал детской неврологии
tuberous sclerosis
epilepsy
mental retardation
epilepsy surgery
title EPILEPSY SURGERY IN PATIENTS WITH TUBEROUS SCLEROSIS
title_full EPILEPSY SURGERY IN PATIENTS WITH TUBEROUS SCLEROSIS
title_fullStr EPILEPSY SURGERY IN PATIENTS WITH TUBEROUS SCLEROSIS
title_full_unstemmed EPILEPSY SURGERY IN PATIENTS WITH TUBEROUS SCLEROSIS
title_short EPILEPSY SURGERY IN PATIENTS WITH TUBEROUS SCLEROSIS
title_sort epilepsy surgery in patients with tuberous sclerosis
topic tuberous sclerosis
epilepsy
mental retardation
epilepsy surgery
url https://rjdn.abvpress.ru/jour/article/view/46
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