An epilepsy center help you exploreother treatment options, such as surgery, devices, dietary therapy,new or add-on seizure medications, or a clinical trial. Havingimaging testslike an MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) scan to look at the brain andEEG (electroencephalogram) teststo record the elec...
For example, people with generalized epilepsy may do better with broad-spectrummedications, likelamotrigine,levetiracetam, ortopiramate. Surgery may work better in some people with hard-to-treat focal seizures that haven't been helped with medication....
To prevent clinical worsening into DRE, surgical intervention in CCM-associated epilepsy may be considered early. 展开 关键词: Cerebral cavernous malformation Epilepsy surgery Drug-resistant epilepsy Outcome DOI: 10.1111/epi.12327 被引量: 28
EPILEPSY surgeryGENETIC mutationHIPPOCAMPUS (Brain)HAMARTOMAATTENTIONGENESMEDICAL researchEpilepsy is a common neurological disease in clinic. Epilepsy caused by structural causes can be cured by surgery, which has been the focus of attention in the field of epilepsy surgery. With the development of ...
After you’re diagnosed withepilepsy, you have several ways to get treatment. Medication, a specialdiet, an implant that works on your nerves or brain, and surgery could all help you feel better. Seizure Medication Your doctor will likely want you to try this first. It works for about 7 ...
Types of surgery for UC include the following:3 Colectomy,the removal of part or all of the colon. A surgeon can perform this surgery either through a larger incision in the stomach or laparoscopically by using smaller openings.10 Ileostomy,where an opening is made in the stomach wall to ...
Epilepsy typically is treated withanti-epileptic drugs (AEDs)such as Topamax (topiramate), Tegretol (carbamazepine), Lamictal (lamotrigine), or Dilantin (phenytoin). Aketogenic diet, responsive neurostimulation (involving an electrical implant in the brain), and surgery (such as a subpial transection...
in contrast to the woman who has had hysterectomy for reasons of cervical cancer, the woman who has had supracervical hysterectomy will be able to follow the same screening guidelines as for other women who have not had surgery. For example, the physician may stop doing Pap smears at age 65...
This difficult-to-treat epilepsy has an onset age of one to eight years. The seizures are known to be resistant to epileptic drugs and often require alternate treatments and surgery. These are generalised seizures that are characterised by a combination of different seizures and often cause develop...
Meningitis can also be caused by other types of bacteria although it is rare and mostly affects people suffering from medical conditions that are long-term. Other organisms like fungus,cancerorlupuscan also cause meningitis. Brain surgery or injury (especially to the face or skull) can result in...