LONG-TERM OUTCOMES OF EPILEPSY SURGERY IN ADULTS AND CHILDREN

Table of contents (19 chapter)
1.Why a Volume on Long-Term Outcomes of Epilepsy Surgery?
2.Methodological Demands on Observational Studies of Outcomes After Epilepsy Surgery
3.Long-Term Seizure and Antiepileptic Drug Outcomes After Epilepsy Surgery in Adults
4.Long-Term Seizure and Antiepileptic Drug Outcomes After Epilepsy Surgery in Children
5.Long-Term Cognitive Outcomes After Epilepsy Surgery in Adults
6.Long-Term Cognitive Outcomes After Epilepsy Surgery in Children
7.Long-Term Psychiatric Outcomes After Epilepsy Surgery in Adults
8.Long-Term Psychiatric and Behavior Outcomes in Children Following Epilepsy Surgery
9.Mortality After Epilepsy Surgery
10.Long-Term Educational and Vocational Outcomes of Adults After Epilepsy Surgery
11.Educational and Employment Outcomes Following Epilepsy Surgery in Childhood
12.Quality-of-Life Outcomes in Adults Following Epilepsy Surgery
13.Quality of Life and Psychosocial Outcomes in Children Following Epilepsy Surgery
14.Subjective Experiences of Epilepsy Surgery in Adults
15.Subjective Experiences of Children and Parents After Epilepsy Surgery
16.Informed Consent for Epilepsy Surgery
17.Managing Expectations of Epilepsy Surgery
18.Health Economic Analyses of Epilepsy Surgery
19.Long-Term Outcomes of Epilepsy Surgery: Knowledge Gaps and Future Directions

This book provides a comprehensive, rigorous review of the long-term outcome literature in epilepsy surgery in both adults and children. Each chapter examines the long-term outcome literature in a separate domain; covering seizure control, social, vocational/educational and psychiatric outcomes. Behavior and cognition are also discussed. The clinical predictors of good and bad outcomes in each domain are described and the gaps in current knowledge are highlighted. Separate chapters examine the methodological challenges associated with long-term outcome studies and the special considerations associated with informed consent in this population.
Long-Term Outcomes of Epilepsy Surgery in Adults and Children is essential reading for all members of multidisciplinary epilepsy surgery teams, including neurosurgeons, neurologists and neuropsychologists; it will enable these teams to counsel patients and parents who are considering epilepsy surgery as a therapeutic option.?

Authors
Kristina Malmgren, MD, PhD
Sahlgrenska University Hospital
Gothenburg Sweden
and
Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology
Dept of Clinical Neuroscience and Rehabilitation
Sahlgrenska Academy at Gothenburg University,
Gothenburg Sweden

Sallie Baxendale, PhD, C.Psychol, AFBPsS
Department of Clinical & Experimental Epilepsy
National Hospital for Neurology & Neurosurgery
Queen Square, London UK

J. Helen Cross, MB ChB PhD FRCP, FRCPCH
UCL-Institute of Child Health, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children,
London UK
and
Young Epilepsy
Lingfield Surrey UK