Lebedeva AV, Avedisova AS, Kustov GV, Gersamiya AG, Kaymovskiy IL, Rider FK, Trifonov IS, Pashnin EV, Malkhasyan EA, Guekht AB, Krylov VV. [Prognosis for surgical treatment of pharmacoresistant epilepsy: the role of mental and cognitive disorders].
Zh Nevrol Psikhiatr Im S S Korsakova 2019;
118:27-36. [PMID:
30698541 DOI:
10.17116/jnevro201811810227]
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Abstract
This review focuses on the role of mental and cognitive disorders in the prognosis for surgical treatment of pharmacoresistant epilepsy. The authors analyze historical aspects of the surgical treatment of epilepsy and present current data on the prognosis of operative intervention with respect to seizure control, cognitive functioning, and psychiatric disorders. The psychiatrist's role in the structure of preoperative and postoperative management of patients is considered.
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