Abstract

HODELIN MAINARD, Edwin Humberto et al. Notes about drug-resistant epilepsy surgery. Anales de la ACC [online]. 2021, vol.11, n.3  Epub Dec 01, 2021. ISSN 2304-0106.

Epilepsy is one of the most frequent neurological diseases. The complexity of treating candidate-for-surgery drug-resistant epilepsy patients makes it necessary to know the disease´s characteristics and the surgical techniques for its improvement; it is thus possible to offer the best therapeutic option to the patient. The fundamental objective of epilepsy surgery is to achieve resection (or disconnection) of the cortical areas or connections responsible for the generation of seizures, in order to control them, and thus achieve an improvement in the patient's quality of life. The general categories of epilepsy surgery are resective, disconnective, neuromodulatory techniques, and radiosurgery. The option of surgical treatment for patients with drug-resistant epilepsy must be preceded by an exhaustive pre-surgical evaluation whose fundamental link is the identification of the epileptogenic zone and its characteristics.

Keywords : epilepsy surgery; neurosurgery; functional neurosurgery.

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