Proposed Criteria for Referral and Evaluation of Children for Epilepsy Surgery: Recommendations of the Subcommission for Pediatric Epilepsy Surgery

The Commission on Neurosurgery of the International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE) formed the Pediatric Epilepsy Surgery Subcommission in 1998 and charged it with formulating guidelines and recommendations for epilepsy surgery in childhood. Also endorsed by the Commission on Paediatrics, the followi...

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Published in:Epilepsia (Copenhagen) 2006-06, Vol.47 (6), p.952-959
Main Authors: Cross, J. Helen, Jayakar, Prasanna, Nordli, Doug, Delalande, Olivier, Duchowny, Michael, Wieser, Heinz G., Guerrini, Renzo, Mathern, Gary W.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Age Factors
Anticonvulsants. Antiepileptics. Antiparkinson agents
Biological and medical sciences
Child
Childhood epilepsy
Epilepsy - diagnosis
Epilepsy - surgery
Epilepsy syndromes
Headache. Facial pains. Syncopes. Epilepsia. Intracranial hypertension. Brain oedema. Cerebral palsy
Humans
International Cooperation
Medical sciences
Nervous system (semeiology, syndromes)
Neurology
Neuropharmacology
Neurosurgery
Neurosurgical Procedures - standards
Outcome Assessment, Health Care - standards
Pharmacology. Drug treatments
Preoperative Care - standards
Referral and Consultation - standards
Skull, brain, vascular surgery
Specialties, Surgical - standards
Surgery (general aspects). Transplantations, organ and tissue grafts. Graft diseases
Surgery Department, Hospital - standards
Surgicenters - standards
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Summary:The Commission on Neurosurgery of the International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE) formed the Pediatric Epilepsy Surgery Subcommission in 1998 and charged it with formulating guidelines and recommendations for epilepsy surgery in childhood. Also endorsed by the Commission on Paediatrics, the following document is the consensus agreement after a meeting of 32 individuals from 12 countries in 2003. The panel agreed that insufficient class 1 evidence exists to recommend practice guidelines at this time. Instead, the panel generated criteria concerning the unique features of pediatric epilepsy patients to justify dedicated resources for specialty pediatric surgical centers, suggested guidelines for physicians for when to refer children with refractory epilepsy, and recommendations on presurgical evaluation and postoperative assessments. The panel also outlined areas of agreement and disagreement on which future research and consensus meetings should focus attention to generate practice guidelines and criteria for pediatric epilepsy surgery centers.
ISSN:0013-9580
1528-1167
DOI:10.1111/j.1528-1167.2006.00569.x