TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Comorbidities of Surgical Treatment A1 - McLellan, Ailsa A2 - Duchowny, Michael A2 - Cross, J. Helen A2 - Arzimanoglou, Alexis PY - 2017 T2 - Pediatric Epilepsy AB - Epilepsy surgery is an extremely effective therapeutic option for many children with drug-resistant epilepsy. In medically resistant children, the likelihood that further antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) will significantly reduce seizure frequency is less than 10%, whereas surgery leads to seizure freedom in 40–90% of appropriately selected cases, depending on the degree of resection, underlying pathology, and operative procedure. In addition, other positive postoperative outcomes are arguably considered more important and include enhanced development and behavior and improved quality of life. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/10/04 UR - neurology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1138412763 ER -