2002
DOI: 10.2223/jped.848
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Surgical treatment of epilepsies in children

Abstract: Objective: to review the literature on surgical treatment of epilepsy in children.Sources: this review article is based on critical analysis of literature concerning epilepsy surgery for children.Summary of the findings: in children and adolescents, developmental abnormalities and low-grade tumors predominate as causes and types of epilepsies. Extratemporal resections and hemispherectomies are common in pediatric series, and hippocampal sclerosis is rare. Seizure-free outcome is significantly less frequent aft… Show more

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