Surgical intervention for epilepsy emerged in the second half of the 20th century as an important option for pediatric patients with medically refractory epilepsy. Both the number of patients undergoing epilepsy surgery and the available surgical procedures for epilepsy have expanded in the last 3 decades, and now range from surgical resection to neuromodulatory device placement Studies showing that many patients who would be excellent candidates for surgery are still not being offered appropriate interventions have prompted an interest in ensuring that all providers who see patients with epilepsy are aware of the options for epilepsy surgery to facilitate earlier referrals when medications have not been effective In this article, we will introduce the pediatrician to the process involved in determining epilepsy surgery candidacy and to surgical outcomes, with the goal of empowering pediatric providers to refer their medically refractory epilepsy patients to a pediatric epilepsy center.

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儿科医生癫痫手术指南

癫痫手术干预出现于 20 世纪下半叶，成为难治性癫痫儿科患者的重要选择。在过去的 3 年里，接受癫痫手术的患者数量和可用的癫痫手术程序都在增加，现在范围从手术切除到神经调节装置放置研究表明，许多非常适合手术的患者仍然没有被提供适当的干预措施引起了人们的兴趣，以确保所有看诊癫痫患者的提供者都了解癫痫手术的选择，以便在药物无效时尽早转诊。在本文中，我们将向儿科医生介绍确定癫痫症的过程手术候选资格和手术结果，目的是使儿科提供者能够将其难治性癫痫患者转诊至儿科癫痫中心。