TY - JOUR
T1 - Long-term seizure outcome following corpus callosotomy in children
AU - McInerney, James
AU - Siegel, Adrian M.
AU - Nordgren, Richard E.
AU - Williamson, Peter D.
AU - Thadani, Vijay M.
AU - Jobst, Barbara
AU - Reeves, Alexander G.
AU - Roberts, David W.
PY - 2000/5
Y1 - 2000/5
N2 - Introduction: The long-term outcome of pediatric patients undergoing corpus callosotomy (CC) for palliative control of medically intractable seizures is presented. Methods: During a 27-year period, 43 patients, 20 years of age or younger, underwent CC for seizure palliation and had a minimum of 1 year follow-up. Seizure reduction and stability of that outcome for individual seizure types and for most disabling seizure were reviewed. Results: Overall, 63% of the seizures documented showed a good response. For the most disabling seizure, 56% of the patients had good outcomes. Changes in outcome status occurred within the first 6 months, and outcome was largely maintained after that point. Conclusion: Callosotomy achieves the goal of seizure palliation in more than half of the patients, with stable, good outcomes being maintained in the majority of patients. Copyright (C) 2000 S. Karger AG, Basel.
AB - Introduction: The long-term outcome of pediatric patients undergoing corpus callosotomy (CC) for palliative control of medically intractable seizures is presented. Methods: During a 27-year period, 43 patients, 20 years of age or younger, underwent CC for seizure palliation and had a minimum of 1 year follow-up. Seizure reduction and stability of that outcome for individual seizure types and for most disabling seizure were reviewed. Results: Overall, 63% of the seizures documented showed a good response. For the most disabling seizure, 56% of the patients had good outcomes. Changes in outcome status occurred within the first 6 months, and outcome was largely maintained after that point. Conclusion: Callosotomy achieves the goal of seizure palliation in more than half of the patients, with stable, good outcomes being maintained in the majority of patients. Copyright (C) 2000 S. Karger AG, Basel.
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U2 - 10.1159/000029759
DO - 10.1159/000029759
M3 - Article
C2 - 10853106
AN - SCOPUS:0343570097
SN - 1011-6125
VL - 73
SP - 79
EP - 83
JO - Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery
JF - Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery
IS - 1-4
ER -