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A survey of adult and pediatric epilepsy surgery in the U nited K ingdom
Author(s) -
Neligan Aidan,
Haliasos Nik,
Pettorini Benedetta,
Harkness William F. J.,
Solomon Juliet K.
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
epilepsia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.687
H-Index - 191
eISSN - 1528-1167
pISSN - 0013-9580
DOI - 10.1111/epi.12148
Subject(s) - epilepsy surgery , epilepsy , medicine , temporal lobe , surgery , psychiatry
Summary All consultant epilepsy neurosurgeons were asked to prospectively record all epilepsy surgery procedures carried out at their center between A pril 2010 and M arch 2011. Figures were compared to a previous survey completed in 2000. Of a total of 710 procedures, temporal lobe surgery was the most common resective surgery. Although extratemporal lesional surgery was less common, vagus nerve stimulator (VNS) implantation accounted for almost half the procedures. The numbers for all surgical procedures, with the exception of VNS implantations, had decreased. This decrease may represent a global rather than a regional phenomenon. Further longitudinal multinational data on epilepsy surgery is required to confirm or refute this theory.