Epileptic disorders : international epilepsy journal with videotape
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Case Reports
Epilepsy surgery in the elderly: an unusual case of a 75-year-old man with recurrent status epilepticus.
Epilepsy surgery is increasingly well-supported as an effective treatment for patients with intractable epilepsy. It is most often performed on younger patients and the safety and efficacy of epilepsy surgery in elderly patients are not frequently described. ⋯ This is one of the oldest patients reported in the literature with epilepsy surgery and supports the possibility of epilepsy surgery in elderly patients for particular cases. In addition, few cases with such a malignant evolution of temporal lobe epilepsy have been described in this age group.