Abstract
Medically refractory status epilepticus (RSE) causes high morbidity and mortality in children. There are no evidence-based guidelines for treatment. Epilepsy surgery is a treatment option for RSE. We describe a 9-year-old boy treated successfully for RSE with complete corpus callosotomy (CC). Epilepsy surgery should be considered for prolonged RSE. In the absence of evidence of focal epileptogenesis, complete corpus callosotomy may be effective in select cases.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 307-309 |
Number of pages | 3 |
Journal | Seizure |
Volume | 21 |
Issue number | 4 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - May 2012 |
Keywords
- Corpus callosotomy
- Epilepsy surgery
- Pediatric epilepsy
- Refractory status epilepticus
- Status epilepticus
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Neurology
- Clinical Neurology