Quality of Life Following Epilepsy Surgery

A prospective study of the families of 35 children with intractable epilepsy who underwent epilepsy surgery at Sydney Children’s Hospital, NSW, Australia, found that those who were seizure-free had a greater improvement in the quality of life (QOL) than children with persistent seizures.

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Main Author: J Gordon Millichap
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers 2006-03-01
Series:Pediatric Neurology Briefs
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Online Access:https://www.pediatricneurologybriefs.com/articles/1179
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spelling doaj-62ffe35c071140f0a9e5d4f6934254172020-11-25T02:40:07ZengPediatric Neurology Briefs PublishersPediatric Neurology Briefs1043-31552166-64822006-03-01203242410.15844/pedneurbriefs-20-3-101165Quality of Life Following Epilepsy SurgeryJ Gordon Millichap0Northwestern University Feinberg School of MedicineA prospective study of the families of 35 children with intractable epilepsy who underwent epilepsy surgery at Sydney Children’s Hospital, NSW, Australia, found that those who were seizure-free had a greater improvement in the quality of life (QOL) than children with persistent seizures.https://www.pediatricneurologybriefs.com/articles/1179quality of lifeepilepsy surgerypersistent seizures
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Quality of Life Following Epilepsy Surgery
Pediatric Neurology Briefs
quality of life
epilepsy surgery
persistent seizures
author_facet J Gordon Millichap
author_sort J Gordon Millichap
title Quality of Life Following Epilepsy Surgery
title_short Quality of Life Following Epilepsy Surgery
title_full Quality of Life Following Epilepsy Surgery
title_fullStr Quality of Life Following Epilepsy Surgery
title_full_unstemmed Quality of Life Following Epilepsy Surgery
title_sort quality of life following epilepsy surgery
publisher Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers
series Pediatric Neurology Briefs
issn 1043-3155
2166-6482
publishDate 2006-03-01
description A prospective study of the families of 35 children with intractable epilepsy who underwent epilepsy surgery at Sydney Children’s Hospital, NSW, Australia, found that those who were seizure-free had a greater improvement in the quality of life (QOL) than children with persistent seizures.
topic quality of life
epilepsy surgery
persistent seizures
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