Decreased relative efficacy of the ketogenic diet for children with surgically approachable epilepsy. |
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Authors: | Rebecca S Stainman Zahava Turner James E Rubenstein Eric H Kossoff |
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Affiliation: | Department of Neurology and Pediatrics, The John M. Freeman Pediatric Epilepsy Center, The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA. |
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Abstract: | PURPOSE: In children with intractable, surgically approachable epilepsy, the ketogenic diet is often perceived as less efficacious than surgery. METHODS: A retrospective chart review was performed of 554 children started on the ketogenic diet since 1994. Forty-five children were identified as surgical candidates, with at least 2 focal routine EEGs, ictal video-EEG, and corresponding focal neuroimaging findings, of whom 24 eventually had resective surgery and were followed subsequently. A comparison cohort group was also created of 45 children matched for age and seizure frequency that received the diet but were not surgical candidates (multifocal or generalized seizures). RESULTS: Of the 24 children who received both dietary and surgical therapies, there was a higher likelihood after 6 months of both >90% seizure reduction (71% versus 17%) and seizure freedom (63% versus 0%) following surgery, both p < 0.0001. Similarly, the 45 cohort children who were not surgical candidates were more likely to be seizure-free (29% versus 13%, p = 0.041) and remained on the diet for shorter duration (10 months versus 18 months, p = 0.035) compared to the surgical group. CONCLUSION: Children with surgically approachable epilepsy do respond to the diet, but are more likely to be seizure-free following surgery. |
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