RT Book, Section A1 McLellan, Ailsa A2 Duchowny, Michael A2 Cross, J. Helen A2 Arzimanoglou, Alexis SR Print(0) ID 1138412763 T1 Comorbidities of Surgical Treatment T2 Pediatric Epilepsy YR 2017 FD 2017 PB McGraw-Hill Education PP New York, NY SN 9780071496216 LK neurology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1138412763 RD 2024/10/04 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.