The Efficacy of Nonpharmacologic Treatment in Children with Pharmacoresistant Epilepsy

Vural, ÖZGE; Serdaroğlu, AYŞE; Kurt, Aysegul; Hırfanoğlu, TUĞBA; Kurt, GÖKHAN

doi:10.32941/pediatri.600329

The Efficacy of Nonpharmacologic Treatment in Children with Pharmacoresistant Epilepsy

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Vural Ö., Serdaroğlu A., Kurt A. N. C., Hırfanoğlu T., Kurt G.

GUNCEL PEDIATRI-JOURNAL OF CURRENT PEDIATRICS, cilt.17, sa.2, ss.243-252, 2019 (ESCI)

Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
Cilt numarası: 17 Sayı: 2
Basım Tarihi: 2019
Doi Numarası: 10.32941/pediatri.600329
Dergi Adı: GUNCEL PEDIATRI-JOURNAL OF CURRENT PEDIATRICS
Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Scopus
Sayfa Sayıları: ss.243-252
Gazi Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

INTRODUCTION: Epilepsy is one of the most common chronic neurological disorders. Currently, a variety of older and newer AEDs are used in the treatment of epilepsy. Despite the use of these AEDs, about 20-30% of patients are not succesfully treated. This group of patients is called pharmacoresistant epilepsy patients. The frequency of seizures in patients with refractory epilepsy, adversely affects the quality of life and cognitive functions. Today, successful results are obtained from the epilepsy surgery. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of epilepsy surgery (resective/VNS) in children with pharmacoresistant epilepsy.