Pediatrics & Therapeutics
Open Access
ISSN: 2161-0665
+44 1478 350008
ISSN: 2161-0665
+44 1478 350008
Alexandra Liava
University of Milan-Bicocca, Italy
Posters-Accepted Abstracts: Pediat Therapeut
Frontal Lobe Epilepsy (FLE) is the second most common type of localization-related epilepsy that undergoes surgical treatment and probably the most challenging interms of medical and surgical treatment. Posterior Cortex Epilepsy (PCE) surgery accounts for about 20% in large pediatric series and its diagnostic complexity has been emphasized in literature. We present an exclusive pediatric patient population ΓΆΒ?Β? age at surgery of less than 16 years -with at least 2 years of postoperative follow up, consisting in (i) a group of 85 children who underwent surgery for pharmacoresistant FLE with tailored resections located strictly within the anatomical limits of the FL, and (ii) a group of 70 children who received resections in the posterior part of the brain, namely in the parietooccipital lobes and the occipital border of the temporal lobe, for pharmacoresistant PCE. Thirty-eight percent of patients necessitated an invasive presurgical evaluation with Stereo-EEG. Seizure freedom (Engel class I) was achieved by 74% of the FLE group and 86% of the PCEgroup. Clinical characteristics, global outcome and prognostic elements of seizure outcome of these two distinct populations will be discussed.
Email: alexandra_liava@yahoo.it