Seminars in pediatric neurology
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Semin Pediatr Neurol · Dec 2007
ReviewComplications and consequences of epilepsy surgery, ketogenic diet, and vagus nerve stimulation.
Children with medically intractable epilepsy may be candidates for nonpharmacologic therapies such as resective and disconnection epilepsy surgery, the ketogenic diet and its variants, and vagus nerve stimulation. Each of these therapies offers unique advantages and disadvantages, and careful consideration of the risk-benefit analysis must be tailored to each child. ⋯ These may be serious and irreversible or more commonly mild and transient. An appreciation of these complications and consequences is necessary for the comprehensive management of these complex patients.