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Initiating an epilepsy surgery program with limited resources in Indonesia.
Thohar Arifin, Muhamad; Hanaya, Ryosuke; Bakhtiar, Yuriz; Bintoro, Aris Catur; Iida, Koji; Kurisu, Kaoru; Arita, Kazunori; Bunyamin, Jacob; Askoro, Rofat; Brilliantika, Surya Pratama; Khairunnisa, Novita Ikbar; Muttaqin, Zainal.
Affiliation
  • Thohar Arifin M; Department of Neurosurgery, Faculty of Medicine, Diponegoro University, Semarang City, Central Java Province, Indonesia. thohar@fk.undip.ac.id.
  • Hanaya R; Department of Neurosurgery, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Kagoshima University, Kagoshima City, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan.
  • Bakhtiar Y; Department of Neurosurgery, Faculty of Medicine, Diponegoro University, Semarang City, Central Java Province, Indonesia.
  • Bintoro AC; Department of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine, Diponegoro University, Semarang City, Central Java Province, Indonesia.
  • Iida K; Department of Neurosurgery, Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Higashihiroshima City, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan.
  • Kurisu K; Department of Neurosurgery, Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Higashihiroshima City, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan.
  • Arita K; Department of Neurosurgery, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Kagoshima University, Kagoshima City, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan.
  • Bunyamin J; Department of Neurosurgery, Faculty of Medicine, Diponegoro University, Semarang City, Central Java Province, Indonesia.
  • Askoro R; Department of Neurosurgery, Faculty of Medicine, Diponegoro University, Semarang City, Central Java Province, Indonesia.
  • Brilliantika SP; Department of Neurosurgery, Faculty of Medicine, Diponegoro University, Semarang City, Central Java Province, Indonesia.
  • Khairunnisa NI; Department of Neurosurgery, Faculty of Medicine, Diponegoro University, Semarang City, Central Java Province, Indonesia.
  • Muttaqin Z; Department of Neurosurgery, Faculty of Medicine, Diponegoro University, Semarang City, Central Java Province, Indonesia.
Sci Rep ; 11(1): 5066, 2021 03 03.
Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-33658553
To share the experiences of organizing the epilepsy surgery program in Indonesia. This study was divided into two periods based on the presurgical evaluation method: the first period (1999-2004), when interictal electroencephalogram (EEG) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) were used mainly for confirmation, and the second period (2005-2017), when long-term non-invasive and invasive video-EEG was involved in the evaluation. Long-term outcomes were recorded up to December 2019 based on the Engel scale. All 65 surgical recruits in the first period possessed temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE), while 524 patients were treated in the second period. In the first period, 76.8%, 16.1%, and 7.1% of patients with TLE achieved Classes I, II, and III, respectively, and in the second period, 89.4%, 5.5%, and 4.9% achieved Classes I, II, and III, respectively, alongside Class IV, at 0.3%. The overall median survival times for patients with focal impaired awareness seizures (FIAS), focal to bilateral tonic-clonic seizures and generalized tonic-clonic seizures were 9, 11 and 11 years (95% CI: 8.170-9.830, 10.170-11.830, and 7.265-14.735), respectively, with p = 0.04. The utilization of stringent and selective criteria to reserve surgeries is important for a successful epilepsy program with limited resources.
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Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Seizures / Epilepsy, Tonic-Clonic / Anterior Temporal Lobectomy / Epilepsy, Temporal Lobe Type of study: Observational_studies / Prognostic_studies / Risk_factors_studies Limits: Adult / Female / Humans / Male Country/Region as subject: Asia Language: En Journal: Sci Rep Year: 2021 Document type: Article Affiliation country: Country of publication:

Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Seizures / Epilepsy, Tonic-Clonic / Anterior Temporal Lobectomy / Epilepsy, Temporal Lobe Type of study: Observational_studies / Prognostic_studies / Risk_factors_studies Limits: Adult / Female / Humans / Male Country/Region as subject: Asia Language: En Journal: Sci Rep Year: 2021 Document type: Article Affiliation country: Country of publication: