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7806786

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:dateCreated
1995-2-2
pubmed:abstractText
Although corpus callosotomy has been used since 1940 to treat severe, medically intractable seizure disorders, controversy remains as to when, or even if, the surgery should be performed. Unlike other types of surgical therapy of epilepsy where the epileptic focus is identified and removed, corpus callosotomy is used to interrupt the propagation of epileptic discharges. The procedure is primarily used in patients with secondarily generalized seizures in whom focal resections are not possible. Long-term follow-up studies of post-callosotomy patients are few and flawed by lack of accurate seizure counts and quality-of-life measures. Although it remains difficult to predict those patients who will benefit from the surgery, it appears that patients with "drop" attacks benefit the most from the procedure.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0883-0738
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
9 Suppl 2
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
50-60
pubmed:dateRevised
2005-11-16
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1994
pubmed:articleTitle
Commissurotomies in children.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Neurology, Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Review