Time to push the age limit: Epilepsy surgery in patients 60 years or older.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To summarize the existing literature on resective epilepsy surgery (RES) in older adults (≥60 years old) and examine seizure and neuropsychological outcomes in a single-center large cohort of older adults undergoing RES and their comparison to a consecutive, younger (25- to45-year-old) adult population who underwent RES in routine clinical practice.

Methods

First, a comprehensive literature review was performed. Then, we identified older adults who underwent RES at our center (2000-2015). Outcome analysis was performed on patients who had ≥1 year of clinical follow-up. A younger cohort of patients who underwent RES during the same period was selected for comparison. The 2 groups were compared with respect to demographic and disease variables as well as key clinical

SUBMITTER: Punia V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5839305 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature