Stereotaxic amygdalotomy in the treatment of children with epilepsy
Iatsuk, S.L.; Stepanova, T.S.; Bersnev, V.P.
Zhurnal Voprosy Neirokhirurgii Imeni N. N. Burdenko 3: 27-29
1997
ISSN/ISBN: 0042-8817 PMID: 9424950 Document Number: 471815
Seventy four children with generalized and partial epileptic seizures were treated stereotactically. Local destruction of the amygdaloid complex was performed in 50 patients. It was combined with thalamotomy in 20 patients, and with campotomy in 4 patients. All cases were monitored intraoperatively by neurophysiologic techniques (e.g. EEG etc.). The follow up ranges from 1 to 17 years. When assessing the outcome, several factors were taken into consideration. Among those were the etiology, the stage of the disease, type of stereotactic procedure, and lateralization. Generally, positive results were obtained in 70% of cases.