Response to "Failed epilepsy surgery: It is not too late"
| Authors | |
|---|---|
| Year of publication | 2015 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | Epilepsy Research |
| MU Faculty or unit | |
| Citation | |
| Doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2015.04.006 |
| Field | Neurology, neurosurgery, neurosciences |
| Keywords | TEMPORAL-LOBE EPILEPSY; ANTIEPILEPTIC DRUGS; MANAGEMENT |
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| Description | Thank you for the opportunity to respond to the letter from Englot et al. regarding our recent publication (Ryzí et al., 2015). We agree that there is a need for further detailed investigation into the reasons for surgical failure, and for seeking possibilities for re-operations and other treatment options after surgical failure. The reasons for the failures in our group were incomplete resections of the seizure on set zone in 21 patients (61.8 %) and additional epileptogenic regions in 13 patients (38.2 %) — five patients with bitemporal findings, six without MRI lesions in preoperative assessment, and two with focal cortical dysplasia type I in histology. |