Surgery for refractory epilepsy caused by Sturge-Weber syndrome
LIU Chang-qing
CHEN Si-chang
GUAN Yu-guang
ZHOU Jian
ZHAI Feng
LUAN Guo-ming
Abstract：Objective To investigate the surgical method to treat refractory epilepsy caused by Sturge-Weber syndrome and its curative effect.Method The clinical data of 30 patients with of refractory epilepsy caused by Sturge-Weber syndrome undergoing surgery from April,2009 to April,2016 were analyzed retrospectively.Results All the patients were followed up from 0.25～6.1 years.The following up showed that the epilepsy control belonged in Engel grade Ⅰ in 24 cases,grade Ⅱ in 4 and grade Ⅳ in 2.The contralateral limb muscle strength decreased by grade 1 to 3 on discharge from the hospital compared with that before the operation in 10 patients,in whom the muscle strength returned to the normal 3 months after the operation.The speech returned to normal 3 months after the operation in 1 patient with sensory aphasia immediately after the operation.There was no permanent functional impairment after the operation.Conclusions Surgery is a safe and effective method to treat refractory epilepsy caused by Sturge-Weber syndrome.The different surgical fashion chosen according to the patient's age,neurological function and location and range of the lesion is helpful to the control of epileptic seizures and maximal retention of nervous function.
Keywords：Sturge-Weber syndromeIntractable epilepsySurgeryCurative effects
Publication Date：2017-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：4( 379-381,385 )