title: Uncontrolled epilepsy in children.
abstract: Intractable seizures in any age indicates (1) the continued presence of an unacceptable quantity of seizures despite reasonable medical and social management or (2) seizure eradication at the expense of medication toxicity. The incidence of seizures deemed unacceptable depends on their nature, the patient's life-style, physiological and social consequences of uncontrolled seizures, and the promise of surgical alleviation. The true value of surgery should increase as candidates and surgical sites can be more accurately selected, the necessary (and unnecessary) diagnostic tests better identified, and all aspects of its effects objectively evaluated in follow-up.
authors.affiliation: Epilepsy Unit, University Hospital, University of Western Ontario, London, Canada.
authors.forename: W T
authors.initials: WT
authors.lastname: Blume
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000927:Anticonvulsants / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001931:Brain Mapping; D002648:Child; D004569:Electroencephalography / Q000187:drug effects; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D005071:Evoked Potentials / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D012803:Sick Role
chemical_list: D000927:Anticonvulsants