Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria (Oct 2024)

Testing an online screening tool for epilepsy surgery evaluation

  • Bianca Cecchele Madeira,
  • Suzana Veiga Schönwald,
  • Pablo Brea Winckler,
  • Kelin Cristine Martin,
  • Carolina Machado Torres,
  • Jorge Wladimir Junqueira Bizzi,
  • Marino Muxfeldt Bianchin

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0044-1791659
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 82, no. 10
pp. 001 – 008

Abstract

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Background Epilepsy surgery is recognized for its effectiveness in controlling seizures in a significant number of patients with drug-resistant epilepsy. Despite this, there remains a notable deficiency in referring these patients for video-electroencephalogram (EEG) monitoring and surgical evaluation. Addressing this gap, the Canadian Appropriateness of Epilepsy Surgery (CASES), an online tool for epilepsy surgery evaluation (www.epilepsycases.com), was developed to aid physicians in the referral process of patients with refractory epilepsy to surgical assessments.

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