Microsurgery for drug resistance epilepsy due to temporal lobe lesions in a resource limited condition: a cross-sectional study.

Unlabelled: Epilepsy is a prevalent neurological condition that affects individuals of all ages and genders worldwide. Surgical intervention for drug-resistant epilepsy has been found to improve quality of life, with patient independence being of utmost importance.

Methods: The study was a retrospective and prospective cross-sectional study of 35 cases of drug-resistant temporal lobe epilepsy.

Temporal Lobe Surgery for Epilepsy in a Resource-Limited Vietnamese Cohort.

Background: Epilepsy surgery is traditionally difficult to pursue in resource-limited countries but is nevertheless essential in the treatment of medication-refractory, surgically amenable epilepsy.

Methods: With the help of international collaboration, a successful epilepsy program was started in Vietnam. This article comprises a retrospective chart review, combined with prospective longitudinal follow-up of 35 cases of unilateral drug-resistant epilepsy in the temporal lobe who underwent temporal lobectomy, in Viet Duc University Hospital from May 2018 to September 2022.

Neuronavigation in falcine meningiomasare surgery: Initial results from a Vietnamese multi-center study.

Background: Neuronavigation has been applied in neurocenters to help neurosurgeons plan the way to resect tumor totally and decline the neuro-injuries. This study aims to initially evaluate the result of microsurgery applying neuronavigation in treating falcine meningioma, which has not been reported comprehensively in Vietnam.

Materials And Methods: This cross-sectional study enrolled 62 patients diagnosised with falcine meningioma and treated by applying neuronavigation in operation in Neurosurgery Department of Military Hospital 103 and Viet Duc University Hospital from July 2015 to March 2017.

Successful Endoscopic Disconnection for Hypothalamic Hamartomas in a Child with Gelastic Seizures: An Unusual Case in a Resource-Scare Setting.

Although the endoscopic disconnection surgery for the hamartomas was previously shown as a safe and effective treatment strategy in eliminating gelastic epilepsy, to date, there was no convincing evidence with this procedure in the resource-scare settings. We discuss an unusual case of a 7-year-old child who suffered from pharmacoresistant gelastic seizures was surgically treated with the endoscopic disconnection of the hypothalamic hamartomas. The patient underwent endoscopic surgery through the left ventricle approach to disconnect the lesion of the hypothalamus.