Dansk Epilepsi Selskab

Autumn meeting of the Danish Epilepsy Society

30. - 31. October 2009

Non-pharmacological treatment of epilepsy

Schäffergården, Gentofte

Final program

12.00 - 12.30                 Arrival, registration, buffet

Friday, 30 October 2008

Epilepsy Surgery

Chair:  Noémi B. Andersen/Peter Uldall

12.30 - 12.40                Welcome and introduction: Non-pharmacological treatment (Noémi B. Andersen)

12.40 - 13.40                Strategies for epilepsy surgery (Flemming F. Madsen)

13.40 - 14.05                Cognitive and psychosocial outcome one year after surgical treatment of temporal lobe epilepsy. (Annelise Smed, RH)

14.05 - 14.30                Break

14.30 - 15.00                Hemispherectomy in children: indications and current trends in the United States.  (Eric Kossoff, Baltimore)

15.00 - 15.30                Surgical treatment of epilepsy in children in DK (Peter Uldall)

15.30 - 16.00                Break

Neurostimulation

Chair: Jesper Gyllenborg/Jørgen Alving

16.00 - 16.30                Does VNS work on epilepsy? How to adjust the stimulator? Long-term results (Jørgen Alving)

16.30 - 17.00                The future of neurostimulation: thalamic (SANTE) and cortical (NeuroPace) stimulation trials (Eric Kossoff)

17.00 -17.30                 Break

17.30 - 18.00                How to identify patients for VNS - Is mental retardation a contraindication? (Elinor Ben-Menachem, Sweeden)

18.00 - 18.15                Clinical experiences with VNS in adults (PS, Århus)

18.15 - 18.30                Clinical experiences with VNS in adults (BR, RH)

18.30 - 18.45                Danish experience with VNS in children (KEO, children, EH)

18.45 - 19.30                Panel discussion on VNS: Place of VNS in the treatment of epilepsy. Pro-contra discussion

Moderator: Bjarke R.

Panelists: FFM, PS, JA, JG, Ellinor B. og Eric Kossoff

20.00                            Dinner

Saturday, 31 October 2008

08.30 - 09.30                Extraordinary General Assembly

09.30 - 10.00 Break

Ketogenic diet

Chair: Helle Hjalgrim/Maria Miranda

10.00 - 10.45                The ketogenic diet 2009: Worldwide acceptance and challenging myths. (Eric Kossoff)

10.45-11.15                  The new diets and their role in epilepsy treatment: Modified Atkins diet and low-glycemic index diet in relation to classical ketogenic diet (Maria Miranda)

11.15-11.45                  Break

11.45 - 12.05                 Modified Atkins diet in adults: experience in

Denmark (Christian Pilebæk Hansen)

12.05 - 12.20                Can we predict who will respond to ketogenic diet (Sándor Beniczky)

12.20 - 13.00                General discussions about diet treatment in Epilepsy (Eric Kossoff, MM, PU, CPH)

13.00                            Concluding remarks (Noémi B. Andersen)

Lunch