[Surgical treatment of epilepsy with electrocorticography monitoring].
From January 1983 to April 1988, 40 cases of epilepsy were treated surgically. There were 15 cases of posttraumatic cicatrix, 5 cases of grade I astrocytoma, 9 cases of diffuse gliosis, 4 cases of vascular malformation, 1 case of calcification and cicatrix of temporal lobe, 2 cases of microglia malformation, 1 case of brain atrophy complicating ganglioneuroma, 2 cases of localized brain atrophy, 1 case of post-hematoma cicatrix. The end results were seizures subsided in 26, and reduction of the seriousness in 8. No mortality in this series. Follow-up study showed 85% of these patients with effectiveness. The indication of surgery, utilizing of electrocorticography, excision of epileptogenic focus are discussed.
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001921:Brain / Q000601:surgery; D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000150:complications; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004569:Electroencephalography / Q000379:methods; D004830:Epilepsy, Tonic-Clonic / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male