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Stereo-Electro-Encephalo-Graphy SEEG With Robotic Assistance in the Presurgical Evaluation of Medical Refractory Epilepsy: A Technical Note
Published on: June 13, 2016
Surgical treatment of focal symptomatic refractory status epilepticus with and without invasive EEG
Carolina Cuello-Oderiz1, Marina Aberastury2, Ana Gabriela Besocke1
1Department of Adult Neurology, Epilepsy Section, Italian Hospital of Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Purpose:
Neurosurgery appears to be a reasonable alternative in carefully selected patients with refractory status epilepticus (RSE) and super-refractory status epilepticus (SRSE). We discuss the optimal timing of the surgery and the use of previous stereoelectroencephalography (SEEG) invasive evaluation.
Methods:
We identified 3 patients (two pediatric and one adult) who underwent epilepsy surgery because of RSE or SRSE from our epilepsy surgery database, one of them with previous SEEG.
Results:
Status epilepticus resolved acutely in all of them with no mortality and no substantial morbidity. At follow-up (median: 2 years), 1 patient was seizure-free, and 2 had significant improvement.
Conclusion:
Surgery should be considered in all cases of RSE and SRSE early in the course of the evolution of the disease.
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