Presurgical strategies and epilepsy surgery in children: comparison of literature and personal experiences

We reviewed 41 studies on epilepsy surgery in 1645 children and adolescents . The available data vary greatly from one paper to another, particularly a s regards the age of the patients included, selection criteria, presurgical methodology, and the type of surgical intervention. Moreover, the surgical results are classified according to very different criteria. Our experienc e in Grenoble concerning 55 children (age less than or equal to 16 years; p ostoperative follow-up >18 months) is discussed in the light of data in the literature. The need is stressed for a consensus on the type of informatio n that must be supplied by well-detailed studies on homogeneous groups of e pilepsy surgery patients.