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Partial and Complete Callosotomy of the Corpus Callosum

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Corpus callosotomy is a palliative procedure for patients with multifocal or diffuse drug-resistant seizures not amenable to resective epilepsy surgery. It is usually indicated to mitigate seizures in patients with drug refractory epilepsy, especially in children. The goal is to achieve a potential reduction in seizure frequency or intensity and to offer a better quality of life to the patients and relatives. Callosotomy can be performed using basic microsurgical techniques or via endoscopy. Moreover, stereotactic laser interstitial thermal therapy and gamma knife radiosurgery have recently been used to reduce the invasiveness of the procedure. However, data available on the long-term results of these techniques are not enough to evidence their effectiveness.

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  1. Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital of Fez, Fez, Morocco

    Mohammed Benzagmout

  2. Clinical Neurosciences Laboratory, Faculty of Medicine, Pharmacy and Dentistry, University Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah, Fez, Morocco

    Mohammed Benzagmout & Zouhayr Souirti

  3. Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital of Tangiers, Tangiers, Morocco

    Meryem Himmiche

  4. Department of Neurology, University Hospital of Fez, Fez, Morocco

    Zouhayr Souirti

  5. Department of Neurosurgery, Mohamed V Military Hospital, Rabat, Morocco

    Abad Cherif El Asri

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Benzagmout, M., Himmiche, M., Souirti, Z., El Asri, A.C. (2023). Partial and Complete Callosotomy of the Corpus Callosum. In: Turgut, M., Tubbs, R.S., Turgut, A.T., Bui, C.C. (eds) The Corpus Callosum. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-38114-0_33

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