Open AccessEfficacy of Surgical Treatment of De Novo, Adult-Onset, Cryptogenic, Refractory Focal Status Epilepticus
Author(s) -
Daniel J. Costello,
Mirela V. Simon,
Emad N. Eskandar,
Matthew P. Frosch,
Heidi Henninger,
Keith H. Chiappa,
Andrew J. Cole
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
archives of neurology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1538-3687
pISSN - 0003-9942
DOI - 10.1001/archneur.63.6.895
Subject(s) - medicine , status epilepticus , refractory (planetary science) , cortical dysplasia , surgery , epilepsy , anesthesia , magnetic resonance imaging , radiology , physics , psychiatry , astrobiology
There have been few published reports of successful surgical treatment of focal status epilepticus. Surgical intervention is considered a last resort after medical strategies have been exhausted.
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