A European questionnaire survey on epilepsy monitoring units' current practice for postoperative psychogenic nonepileptic seizures' detection

Markoula, Sofia; Liampas, Andreas; Rubboli, Guido; Duncan, John; Velis, Demetrios; Schulze-Bonhage, Andreas; Guekht, Alla; Bartholomeyczik, Karen; de Tisi, Jane; Gras, Adrien; Lossius, Morten; Villani, Flavio; Staack, Anke; Hospes, Annette; Baaijen, Johannes; van Straaten, Elisabeth; Ronner, Hanneke; Casciato, Sara; D'Aniello, Alfredo; Mascia, Addolorata; Santos, Susana; Bentes, Carla; Aledo-Serrano, Angel; Gil-Nagel, Antonio; Dimova, Petia; Hecimovic, Hrvoje; Ozkara, Çiğdem; Malmgren, Kristina; Papacostas, Savvas; Kelemen, Anna; Reuber, Markus; Trinka, Eugen; Ryvlin, Philippe

doi:10.1016/j.yebeh.2020.107355

A European questionnaire survey on epilepsy monitoring units' current practice for postoperative psychogenic nonepileptic seizures' detection

Markoula S., Liampas A., Rubboli G., Duncan J., Velis D. N., Schulze-Bonhage A., ...More

EPILEPSY & BEHAVIOR, vol.112, 2020 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)

Publication Type: Article / Article
Volume: 112
Publication Date: 2020
Doi Number: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2020.107355
Journal Name: EPILEPSY & BEHAVIOR
Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, EMBASE, MEDLINE, Psycinfo
Istanbul University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Background: In cases undergoing epilepsy surgery, postoperative psychogenic nonepileptic seizures (PNES) may be underdiagnosed complicating the assessment of postsurgical seizures outcome and the clinical management. We conducted a survey to investigate the current practices in the European epilepsy monitoring units (EMUs) and the data that EMUs could provide to retrospectively detect cases with postoperative PNES and to assess the feasibility of a subsequent postoperative PNES research project for cases with postoperative PNES.