[Outcomes of surgical treatment of patients with pharmacoresistant epilepsy].

Authors :: Krylov VV
Guekht AB
Trifonov IS
Lebedeva AV
Kaimovsky IL
Sinkin MV
Grigorieva EV
Grishkina MN
Shyshkina LV
Kochetkova OO
Source :: Zhurnal nevrologii i psikhiatrii imeni S.S. Korsakova [Zh Nevrol Psikhiatr Im S S Korsakova] 2016; Vol. 116 (9. Vyp. 2), pp. 13-18.
Publication Year :: 2016
Abstract: Aim: To evaluate the results of surgical treatment of patients with pharmacoresistant epilepsy.<br />Material and Methods: Examination and surgical treatment of 61 patients with pharmacoresistant forms of symptomatic epilepsy were performed from 01.01.14 to 01.05.16.<br />Results and Conclusion: The results confirmed the safety and efficacy of the surgical treatment of pharmacoresistant epilepsy. After 12 months, seizures were controlled in 69% of operated patients. The necessity of complex examination of all patients with pharmacoresistant epilepsy to make a decision about possible surgery is shown.