Post-Surgical Outcome and Its Determining Factors in Patients Operated on With Focal Cortical Dysplasia Type II—A Retrospective Monocenter Study

Post-Surgical Outcome and Its Determining Factors in Patients Operated on With Focal Cortical Dysplasia Type II—A Retrospective Monocenter Study

Purpose: Focal cortical dysplasias (FCDs) are a frequent cause of drug-resistant focal epilepsies. These lesions are in many cases amenable to epilepsy surgery. We examined 12-month and long-term post-surgical outcomes and its predictors including positive family history of epilepsy.Methods: Twelve-...

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Main Authors: Attila Rácz, Albert J. Becker, Carlos M. Quesada, Valeri Borger, Hartmut Vatter, Rainer Surges, Christian E. Elger
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-06-01
Series:Frontiers in Neurology
Subjects:
focal cortical dysplasia
epilepsy surgery
outcome
genetics
Engel classification
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fneur.2021.666056/full

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