Surgical evaluation in children <3 years of age with drug‐resistant epilepsy: Patient characteristics, diagnostic utilization, and potential for treatment delays

Abstract

There are relatively few studies of epilepsy surgery in the very young. Surgery is effective, but may be disproportionally offered to those with severe presentations. Relatively low utilization of ancillary testing may contribute to reduced surgical therapy for those without evident lesions on magnetic resonance imaging. Despite this, a sizeable portion of patients have favorable outcome after focal epilepsy surgery resections.