| Literature DB >> 29379392 |
Ang Song Yee1, John Tharakan1,2, Zamzuri Idris1,2, Shalini Bhaskar1, Sanihah Abdul Halim1, Salmi Abd Razak2,3, Zabidi Azhar Mohd Hussin2,3, Regunath Kandasamy1, Wan Mohd Nazaruddin Wan Hassan1,4, Laila Mukmin1,4, Mohamad Hasyizan Hassan1,4, Tan Yew Chin1,2, Badrisyah Idris1,2, Abdul Rahman Izaini Ghani1,2, Hillol Kanti Pal1, Jain George1, Sani Sayuthi1, Mohamed Saufi Awang1, Jafri Malin Abdullah1,2.
Abstract
Epilepsy surgery has been performed by a few centres in Malaysia, including Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia (HUSM). To date, a total of 15 patients have undergone epilepsy surgery in HUSM. The epilepsy surgery included anterior temporal lobectomy (ATL) with amygdalohippocampectomy (AH) and Vagal nerve stimulation (VNS). The surgical outcomes of the patients were assessed using the International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE) outcome scale. The ILAE scores for patients who underwent ATL with AH were comparatively better than those who underwent VNS. One of the patient who underwent ATL with AH and frontal lesionectomy was found to have psychosis during follow up. Epilepsy surgery has proven to be an important treatment for medically resistant epilepsy. Thus it is important to raise public awareness regarding epilepsy and its treatment.Entities:
Keywords: Malaysia; epilepsy; stimulation; surgery; vagus nerve
Year: 2017 PMID： 29379392 PMCID： PMC5771521 DOI： 10.21315/mjms2017.24.6.12
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Malays J Med Sci ISSN： 1394-195X