Advances and Challenges in Pediatric Epilepsy Surgery
Date: Monday, May 25, 2025
Time: 08:30 – 12:40
Location: R105 (TBC)
Moderator: To Be Confirmed
Session Overview
This half-day session will explore the evolving field of pediatric epilepsy surgery, emphasizing new technologies, clinical decision-making, and long-term outcomes. It aims to bring together neurologists, neurosurgeons, and allied professionals working in epilepsy care to review both the breakthroughs and remaining challenges in surgical treatment pathways for children with drug-resistant epilepsy.
Highlights
- Advances in presurgical evaluation including high-density EEG, MRI, MEG, and functional imaging
- Role of minimally invasive approaches including laser ablation and SEEG
- Multidisciplinary strategies for case selection, decision-making, and family counseling
- Outcome data and quality-of-life measures in children undergoing epilepsy surgery
| Time | Topic | Speaker |
|---|---|---|
| 08:30–08:35 | Opening | |
| 08:35–09:00 | Non-invasive Electroclinical and Neuroimaging Strategies in the Presurgical Evaluation of Children with Bottom-of-Sulcus Dysplasia and Tuberous Sclerosis Complex | Emma Macdonald-Laurs (Australia) |
| 09:00–09:25 | Challenges and Pitfalls of Surgery in Epilepsy Syndromes and Genetic Epilepsies | Stephen Malone (Australia) |
| 09:25–09:50 | Epilepsy Surgery in the Developing World – Challenges and Advances | Sandeep Patil (India) |
| 09:50–10:20 | Case Presentations × 3 | |
| 10:20–10:50 | Coffee Break | |
| 10:50–11:15 | The Invasive Approach Including RF Ablation | Andrea Andrade (Canada) |
| 11:15–11:40 | A Neurosurgeon’s View of Focal Cortical Dysplasia – Open Surgery or Laser Interstitial Thermal Therapy? | Wenhan Hu (China) |
| 11:40–12:05 | How Do We Assess Outcomes in Paediatric Epilepsy Surgery? | Georgia Ramantani (Switzerland) |
| 12:05–12:35 | Case Presentations × 3 | |
| 12:35–12:40 | Closing |