title: Retrospective analysis of surgical treatment outcomes for gelastic seizures: a review of the literature.
abstract: Gelastic seizures are known to be refractory to medical treatment and to date surgical therapy has yet to pinpoint the best treatment for these refractory seizures. There has been a multitude of case reports published on gelastic seizures and different surgical treatments, thus we performed a review of the literature on gelastic seizures and surgical treatments to elucidate the best surgical approaches for medically refractory gelastic seizures.
authors.affiliation: National Institutes of Health, Surgical Neurology Branch, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Likavec
authors.forename: R D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Dickerman
authors.forename: J D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Heiss
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Liow
mesh_terms: D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery; D004828:Epilepsies, Partial / Q000601:surgery*; D006222:Hamartoma / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D019635:Neurosurgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D012189:Retrospective Studies