June 11, 2026 · Epilepsia · DOI: 10.1002/epi.70325

Pediatric epilepsy surgery: Global survey of invasive explorations

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This study aims to provide an updated global overview of invasive evaluation practices in pediatric epilepsy surgery, particularly in MRI-negative cases. The authors found that invasive evaluations were performed in 21.1% of cases, with stereoelectroencephalography (SEEG) being the predominant technique. The findings highlight the complexity of surgical candidates, including a significant proportion of patients who did not proceed to surgical intervention, emphasizing the need for improved selection strategies.

Georgia Ramantani, Martha Feucht, Dorottya Cserpan, Javier Aparicio, Alexis Arzimanoglou, Fabrice Bartolomei, William Bingaman, Kees P J Braun, Richard J Burman, Dezhi Cao, Roberto Caraballo, Mathilde Chipaux-Raffo, Thomas Cloppenborg, J Helen Cross, Arthur Cukiert, Cristine Mella Cukiert, Daniel J Curry, Luca De Palma, Petia Dimova, Christin Eltze, Dario J Englot, Johannes M Nico Enslin, Aria Fallah, Stefano Francione, Deepak Gill, Tove Hallböök, A Simon Harvey, Hans Holthausen, Sita Jayalakshmi, Yuwu Jiang, Lakshminarayanan Kannan, Matt Lallas, Sandeep Bhagwan Patil, María Ángeles Pérez-Jiménez, Juan Carlos Pérez-Poveda, Tom Pieper, Sabine Rona, Victoria San Antonio-Arce, Jay Shetty, Mary Lou Smith, Piradee Suwanpakdee, Oana Tarta Arsene, Laura Tassi, Martin Tisdall, Manjari Tripathi, Ahsan Moosa Naduvil Valappil, Howard Weiner, Elaine Wirrell, Lixin Cai, Sarah Ferrand-Sorbets, ILAE Pediatric Epilepsy Surgery Taskforce and Study Group

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