Abstract

JIMENEZ TORRES, Mario Jorge; ALIAGA ROCABADO, Martin  and  TORREJON LOPEZ, Rene. RECURRENCE OF SEIZURES POST SURGICAL TREATMENT FOR EPILEPSY SURGERY NEUROSURGERY SERVICE IN "HOSPITAL MATERNO INFANTIL". Rev. Méd. La Paz [online]. 2014, vol.20, n.2, pp.15-22. ISSN 1726-8958.

The clinical and epidemiologic concept of epilepsy as a chronic disease recommended by the WHO and ILAE requires the chronic repetition of seizures^1,2. Epilepsy is classified into symptomatic, cryptogenic and idiopática¹. It reported that about 1% of the world's population has epilepsy, being a very common disease of great interest in public health, so the possibility of a cure or significant improvement with surgical treatment is a field of research is constantly growing. It is known that the surgical procedure should be performed in patients with symptomatic epilepsy represent 40 to 60% of cases. Patients with refractory epilepsy are 10% and these are the candidates for surgical treatment of Functional Neurosurgery, obtaining a favorable outcome in more than 60% of patients operados^{1,2,3,4,5,6,7}. The present work aims to determine the recurrence of epileptic Crisis Associated surgical treatment of epilepsy according to the scale of ENGEL in Neurosurgery Service of the Maternity Hospital National Health La Paz Bolivia from 2008 to 2011. It has been shown that 69% of patients undergoing epilepsy surgery at our center are considered surgical success according to the scale ENGEL, with a mortality of zero and an improvement in relation to the morbidity of the underlying disease with no associated postoperative complications.

Keywords : epilepsy; mesial temporal sclerosis; Amigdalohypocampectomia.

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