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ReviewSeizure2020

Neurosurgical approaches to pediatric epilepsy: Indications, techniques, and outcomes of common surgical procedures.

Jonathan Dallas, Dario J Englot, Robert P Naftel

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Review in Seizure, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

15 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. The usefulness of intraoperative electrocorticography (iECoG) in pediatric temporal lobe epilepsy surgery.Epileptic disorders : international epilepsy journal with videotape · 2026
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  2. Corpus callosotomy for intractable epilepsy in the pediatric population: value of intraoperative neurophysiological monitoring.Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery · 2025
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  5. The pivotal role of neurosurgeons in transitional care: A comprehensive tertiary healthcare institution's experience.Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery · 2024
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  7. Treatment options in autism with epilepsy.Frontiers in child and adolescent psychiatry · 2024
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  8. Electromagnetic source imaging predicts surgical outcome in children with focal cortical dysplasia.Clinical neurophysiology : official journal of the International Federation of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Jonathan DallasVanderbilt University School of Medicine, 2209 Garland Avenue, Nashville, TN, 37240, USA. Electronic address: jonathan.c.dallas@vanderbilt.edu.
Dario J EnglotDepartment of Neurosurgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, 1211 Medical Center Drive, Nashville, TN, 37232, USA.
Robert P NaftelDepartment of Neurosurgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, 1211 Medical Center Drive, Nashville, TN, 37232, USA.

Funding

MULTIMODAL MAPPING OF SUBCORTICAL AND CORTICAL FUNCTIONAL NETWORK DISTURBANCES IN FOCAL EPILEPSYR00NS097618 · NINDS · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER · PI ENGLOT, DARIO J · 2017 to 2019
$743k
NINDS NIH HHS R00 NS097618
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Epilepsy is a common pediatric neurological condition, and approximately one-third of children with epilepsy are refractory to medical management. For these children neurosurgery may be indicated, but operative success is dependent on complete delineation of the epileptogenic zone. In this review, surgical techniques for pediatric epilepsy are considered. First, potentially-curative operations are discussed and broadly divided into resections and disconnections. Then, two palliative approaches to seizure control are reviewed. Finally, future neurosurgical approaches to epilepsy are considered.

Indexed as

ElectrocorticographyChildDrug Resistant EpilepsyEpilepsy, Temporal LobeHumansNeurosurgical ProceduresPalliative CareCallosotomyDisconnectionLesionectomyLobectomyPediatric epilepsy

Identifiers

PMID30473268
PMCPMC6522335

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