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GP.4 The epilepsy surgery experience in children with infantile spasms at a tertiary care centre in Canada

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 June 2022

J Gettings
Affiliation:
(Toronto)*
S Shafi
Affiliation:
(Toronto)
J Boyd
Affiliation:
(Toronto)
O Snead
Affiliation:
(Toronto)
J Rutka
Affiliation:
(Toronto)
J Drake
Affiliation:
(Toronto)
B McCoy
Affiliation:
(Toronto)
P Jain
Affiliation:
(Toronto)
R Whitney
Affiliation:
(Hamilton)
C Go
Affiliation:
(Toronto)
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Abstract

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Background: Infantile spasms (IS) is an epileptic encephalopathy, characterized by spasms, hypsarrhythmia, and developmental regression. This is a retrospective case series of children with IS who underwent epilepsy surgery at The Hospital for Sick Children (HSC) in Toronto, Canada. Methods: The records of 223 patients seen in the IS clinic were reviewed. Results: Nineteen patients met inclusion criteria. The etiology of IS was encephalomalacia in six patients (32%), malformations of cortical development in 11 patients (58%), atypical hypoglycaemic injury in one patient (5%), and partial hemimegalencephaly in one patient (5%). Nine patients (47%) underwent hemispherectomy and 10 patients (53%) underwent lobectomy/lesionectomy. Three patients (16%) underwent a second epilepsy surgery. Fifteen patients (79%) were considered ILAE Seizure Outcome Class 1 (completely seizure free; no auras). The percentage of patients who were ILAE Class 1 at most recent follow-up decreased with increasing duration of epilepsy prior to surgery. Developmental outcome was improved in 14/19 (74%) and stable in 5/19 (26%) patients. Conclusions: Our study found excellent seizure freedom rates and improved developmental outcomes following epilepsy surgery in patients with a history of IS with a structural lesion detected on MRI brain.

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© The Author(s), 2022. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of Canadian Neurological Sciences Federation