K V Shivanand reddy
Nizams Institute of Medical Sciences, India
Title: Getting the best outcomes from epilepsy surgery
Biography
Biography: K V Shivanand reddy
Abstract
Neurosurgery is an underutilized treatment that can potentially cure drugâ€refractory epilepsy. Careful, multidisciplinary presurgical evaluation is vital for selecting patients and to ensure optimal outcomes. Advances in neuroimaging have improved diagnosis and guided surgical intervention. Invasive electroencephalography allows the evaluation of complex patients who would otherwise not be candidates for neurosurgery. We review the current state of the assessment and selection of patients and consider established and novel surgical procedures and associated outcome data. We aim to dispel myths that may inhibit physicians from referring and patients from considering neurosurgical intervention for drugâ€refractory focal epilepsies.