2018 AANS Annual Scientific Meeting-Epilepsy Surgery in Africa: The Moroccan Experience

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The video features a presentation by Professor Kamlichi on epilepsy surgery in Africa, specifically focusing on the Moroccan experience. The speaker begins by highlighting the significant burden of epilepsy in Africa due to high incidence rates and sociocultural conditions. They argue that African epileptic patients are in great need of surgical treatment, as surgical techniques have become more accessible in developing countries. The speaker then discusses their own experience with epilepsy surgery in Rabat since 2005, with a focus on temporal lobe epilepsy. They describe the surgical technique of anterior temporal lobectomy with amygdalo-hippocampectomy and present case examples to illustrate the procedure. The speaker also mentions other techniques used in their program, such as lesionectomy, callosotomy, hemispherotomy, and radiosurgery. They conclude by stating that their initial experience with epilepsy surgery is encouraging and emphasize the need for continued development of presurgical evaluation techniques in order to expand surgical options for epileptic patients in Africa.

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Abdeslam El Khamlichi, MD, IFAANS (Morocco)

Keywords

epilepsy surgery

Africa

Moroccan experience

surgical treatment

temporal lobe epilepsy

presurgical evaluation