Daniel Hansen, Sabrina Shandley, Joffre Olaya, Jason Hauptman, Kurtis Auguste, Adam P Ostendorf, Dewi F Depositario-Cabacar, Lily C Wong-Kisiel, Shilpa B Reddy, Michael J McCormack, Ernesto Gonzalez-Giraldo, Joseph Sullivan, Pradeep Javarayee, Rani K Singh, Erin Fedak Romanowski, Nancy A McNamara, Michael A Ciliberto, Priya Tatachar, Daniel W Shrey, Cemal Karakas, Samir Karia, Ammar Kheder, Satyanarayana Gedela, Allyson Alexander, Krista Eschbach, Jeffrey Bolton, Ahmad Marashly, Steven Wolf, Patricia McGoldrick, Srishti Nangia, Zachary Grinspan, Jason Coryell, Debopam Samanta, Dallas Armstrong, M Scott Perry
OBJECTIVES: Corpus callosotomy (CC) is used to reduce seizures, primarily in patients with generalized drug resistant epilepsy (DRE). The invasive nature of the procedure contribute to underutilization despite potential superiority to other palliative procedures. The goal of this study was to use a multi-institutional epilepsy surgery database to characterize the use of CC across participating centers. METHODS: Data was acquired from the Pediatric Epilepsy Research Consortium (PERC) Surgery Database, a prospective observational study collecting data on children 0-18 years referred for surgical evaluation of DRE across 22 US pediatric epilepsy centers...
December 7, 2023: Epilepsia