Corpus callosotomy for treatment of pediatric refractory status epilepticus.
Medically refractory status epilepticus (RSE) causes high morbidity and mortality in children. There are no evidence-based guidelines for treatment. Epilepsy surgery is a treatment option for RSE. We describe a 9-year-old boy treated successfully for RSE with complete corpus callosotomy (CC). Epilepsy surgery should be considered for prolonged RSE. In the absence of evidence of focal epileptogenesis, complete corpus callosotomy may be effective in select cases.
Department of Pediatrics, Division of Child Neurology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH 45229, USA. hansel.greiner@cchmc.org
Hansel M
HM
Greiner
Jan-Mendelt
JM
Tillema
Barbara E
BE
Hallinan
Katherine
K
Holland
Ki-Hyeong
KH
Lee
Kerry R
KR
Crone
D002648:Child; D003337:Corpus Callosum / Q000601:surgery*; D004569:Electroencephalography; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011612:Psychosurgery / Q000379:methods*; D013226:Status Epilepticus / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D015899:Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon