SURGICAL TREATMENT OF TEMPORAL EPILEPSIA: PROBLEMS AND EFFECTIVENESS (A CLINICAL CASE)

Temporal epilepsy is one of the most common forms of epilepsy. This form of epilepsy is diagnosed in about 25% of all epileptic patients; around 30-40% of temporal epilepsy cases are drug-resistant. Since 1945-1955, both preoperative diagnosis and surgical treatment of temporal epilepsy have been co...

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Published inÈpilepsiâ i paroksizmalʹnye sostoâniâ (Online) Vol. 9; no. 2; pp. 41 - 49
Main Authors Odintsova, G. V., Kuralbaev, A. K., Nezdorovina, V. G., Abramov, K. B., Pavlovskaya, M. E., Telegina, A. A., Bersnev, V. P.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published IRBIS LLC 01.08.2017
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surgical treatment
temporal epilepsy
women
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Summary:Temporal epilepsy is one of the most common forms of epilepsy. This form of epilepsy is diagnosed in about 25% of all epileptic patients; around 30-40% of temporal epilepsy cases are drug-resistant. Since 1945-1955, both preoperative diagnosis and surgical treatment of temporal epilepsy have been consistently improving. Indications for surgery include drug-resistance, disease progression and a decline in patient’s quality of life. Surgical treatment of temporal epilepsy results in remission or essential decrease in the seizure incidence in 60 to 85% of patients. In this report, a female patient (35 years old) diagnosed with temporal epilepsy at the age of 2, is described in terms of preoperative diagnostic procedures and subsequent surgical treatment.
ISSN:2077-8333
2311-4088
DOI:10.17749/2077-8333.2017.9.2.041-049