The role of a neurologist in deciding on the treatment options in epilepsy: therapy and/or surgery
The existing approaches to treating epilepsy can be classified as therapeutic and/or surgical. In most cases, a patient with epilepsy is examined by a neurologist (or psychiatrist) and receives antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) in order to control seizures. And it is the neurologist who decides on referrin...
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| author | K. V. Voronkova A. I. Fedin A. E. Nikitin A. A. Zuev N. V. Pedyash D. M. Bochaeva |
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| description | The existing approaches to treating epilepsy can be classified as therapeutic and/or surgical. In most cases, a patient with epilepsy is examined by a neurologist (or psychiatrist) and receives antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) in order to control seizures. And it is the neurologist who decides on referring the patient to the surgeon for further treatment if the medications have no effect. Undoubtedly, there are situations when, during the initial examination, the doctor reveals life-threatening lesions or brain abnormalities, which unequivocally indicate the necessity of surgical treatment. The present article addresses the issues of professional caution required from the neurologist in less-obvious clinical cases, when the doctor has to rely on his/her own clinical judgement in order to identify the “surgical” situations and refer the patient to a neurosurgeon for an adequate treatment. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-85cab61253b64be2a8c2fb3dc3c8175b2023-03-13T07:44:17ZrusIRBIS LLCЭпилепсия и пароксизмальные состояния2077-83332311-40882019-10-0111328629210.17749/2077-8333.2019.11.3.286-292461The role of a neurologist in deciding on the treatment options in epilepsy: therapy and/or surgeryK. V. Voronkova0A. I. Fedin1A. E. Nikitin2A. A. Zuev3N. V. Pedyash4D. M. Bochaeva5Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University; Central Clinical Hospital of the Russian Academy of SciencesPirogov Russian National Research Medical UniversityCentral Clinical Hospital of the Russian Academy of SciencesPirogov National Medical and Surgical CenterPirogov National Medical and Surgical CenterPirogov Russian National Research Medical University; Central Clinical Hospital of the Russian Academy of SciencesThe existing approaches to treating epilepsy can be classified as therapeutic and/or surgical. In most cases, a patient with epilepsy is examined by a neurologist (or psychiatrist) and receives antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) in order to control seizures. And it is the neurologist who decides on referring the patient to the surgeon for further treatment if the medications have no effect. Undoubtedly, there are situations when, during the initial examination, the doctor reveals life-threatening lesions or brain abnormalities, which unequivocally indicate the necessity of surgical treatment. The present article addresses the issues of professional caution required from the neurologist in less-obvious clinical cases, when the doctor has to rely on his/her own clinical judgement in order to identify the “surgical” situations and refer the patient to a neurosurgeon for an adequate treatment.https://www.epilepsia.su/jour/article/view/494epilepsyantiepileptic therapysurgical treatment of epilepsyneuroradiology |
| spellingShingle | K. V. Voronkova A. I. Fedin A. E. Nikitin A. A. Zuev N. V. Pedyash D. M. Bochaeva The role of a neurologist in deciding on the treatment options in epilepsy: therapy and/or surgery Эпилепсия и пароксизмальные состояния epilepsy antiepileptic therapy surgical treatment of epilepsy neuroradiology |
| title | The role of a neurologist in deciding on the treatment options in epilepsy: therapy and/or surgery |
| title_full | The role of a neurologist in deciding on the treatment options in epilepsy: therapy and/or surgery |
| title_fullStr | The role of a neurologist in deciding on the treatment options in epilepsy: therapy and/or surgery |
| title_full_unstemmed | The role of a neurologist in deciding on the treatment options in epilepsy: therapy and/or surgery |
| title_short | The role of a neurologist in deciding on the treatment options in epilepsy: therapy and/or surgery |
| title_sort | role of a neurologist in deciding on the treatment options in epilepsy therapy and or surgery |
| topic | epilepsy antiepileptic therapy surgical treatment of epilepsy neuroradiology |
| url | https://www.epilepsia.su/jour/article/view/494 |
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