[Indications and risks of neurosurgical techniques for drug-resistant partial epilepsy in adults].
Many different surgical procedures are performed for medically refractory partial epilepsy. Some surgical therapies are performed to cure the epilepsy (for example unifocal epilepsy), others are palliative procedures. To cure epilepsy, temporal lobectomy is the most common surgical procedure. The different techniques are shortly described, indications and complications are discussed.
Service de Neurochirurgie, CHU, Rue Henri-le-Guilloux, 35033 Rennes Cedex, France. eric.seigneuret@chu-rennes.fr
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D000927:Anticonvulsants / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001925:Brain Damage, Chronic / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000601:surgery; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D003337:Corpus Callosum / Q000601:surgery; D004351:Drug Resistance; D004828:Epilepsies, Partial / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000601:surgery*; D038421:Hemispherectomy; D006801:Humans; D019635:Neurosurgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D010166:Palliative Care; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology; D016634:Radiosurgery; D012306:Risk
D000927:Anticonvulsants