作者
Minh-An Thuy Le, Si-Lei Fong, Kheng-Seang Lim, Suryani Gunadharma, Desin Pambudi Sejahtera, Anannit Visudtibhan, Derrick Chan, Somchit Vorachit, Samleng Chan, Annabell E Chua, Leonor Cabral-Lim, Norazieda Yassin, Viet-Thang Le, Chong-Tin Tan
发表日期
2019/7/1
期刊
Seizure
卷号
69
页码范围
51-56
出版商
WB Saunders
简介
Purpose
This survey was performed to determine the availability of epilepsy surgery, and understand the limiting factors to epilepsy surgery in ASEAN countries with total of 640 million population.
Method
A cross-sectional survey was completed by national representatives in all ASEAN countries (Brunei, Cambodia, East Timor, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam).
Results
Overall facilities for initial epilepsy pre-surgical evaluation are available in most countries, but further non-invasive and invasive investigations are limited. Three countries (Brunei, Cambodia, and East Timor) have no epilepsy center, and 2 countries (Laos, Myanmar) have level 2 centers doing tumor surgery only. Level-3 epilepsy centers are available in 6 countries (Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippine, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam); only 5 countries (Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippine, Singapore, Thailand …
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