Neurosurgical treatment of intractable epilepsy.
Publication/Presentation Date
12-1-1988
Abstract
Many patients with epilepsy are refractory to anticonvulsant therapy. For some, surgery is a means to control their seizures. Temporal lobectomy, the most common neurosurgical approach to intractable epilepsy, has resulted in improvement or cure in as many as 90% of treated individuals. To determine patients suitable for surgery, presurgical selection and evaluation criteria have been devised. With epilepsy surgery becoming more widely utilized and more centers appearing in the United States, there is a growing need for neuroscience nurses to know about recent developments. This overview of surgery for epilepsy includes the presurgical evaluation process through the postoperative phase presented from a nursing perspective.
Volume
20
Issue
6
First Page
366
Last Page
372
ISSN
0888-0395
Published In/Presented At
Brewer, K., & Sperling, M. R. (1988). Neurosurgical treatment of intractable epilepsy. The Journal of neuroscience nursing : journal of the American Association of Neuroscience Nurses, 20(6), 366–372. https://doi.org/10.1097/01376517-198812000-00008
Disciplines
Medicine and Health Sciences
PubMedID
2975314
Department(s)
Department of Medicine
Document Type
Article