"1st Regional Ukrainian Congress on Controversies in Neurology"

SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM - Epilepsy

Program current as of August 2017

Please see below the 1st Regional Ukrainian Congress on Controversies in Neurology Scientific Program. Please note that the program and timing is subject to change.

Section heads: Konrad Rejdak, Poland; Tetyana Litovchenko, Ukraine
1 hour	Debate: Are generics equally effective and safe as original AEDs
	Capsule: Generics used extensively in different countries. For patients with epilepsy, the rules for using generic drugs have their own requirements.
10 min	Debate host: Ilan Blatt, Israel
15 min	Yes: Taras Studenyak, Ukraine
15 min	No: Ludmila Tantsura, Ukraine
20 min	Discussion and rebuttals

1 hour	Debate: Are new generation AEDs superior to the classical antiepileptic drugs in the management of epilepsy?
	Capsule: Over the past 30 years, the number of AED has increased more than 3-fold. Many of them have been clinically tested as first-line therapy. However, the proportion of pharmacoresistant patients remains the same. Is it appropriate to designate "new" AED as first-line therapy?
10 min	Debate host: Lidiya Maryenko, Ukraine
15 min	Yes: Ilan Blatt, Israel
15 min	No: Yurii Horansky, Ukraine
20 min	Discussion and rebuttals

1 hour	Lunch Break

1 hour	Debate: Should we always initiate treatment after first ever epileptic seizure?
	Capsule: According to the new definition of epilepsy, the diagnosis of epilepsy is always needed after 2 unprovoked seizures. In what cases is it possible to diagnose epilepsy and start treatment after a first seizure?
10 min	Debate host:Tetyana Litovchenko, Ukraine
15 min	Yes: Konrad Rejdak, Poland
15 min	No: Volodymyr Kharytonov, Ukraine
20 min	Discussion and rebuttals

1 hour	Debate: The controversies of post-stroke epilepsy: diagnosis and clinical guidance
	Capsule: Should we consider the first attack of post-stroke seizures as a debut of epilepsy? When should we start administration of antiepileptic drugs and what medication should be chosen?
10 min	Debate host: Konrad Rejdak, Poland
15 min	Yes:Yuriy Vorokhta, Ukraine
15 min	No: Denys Khramtsov, Ukraine
20 min	Discussion and rebuttals

15 min	Coffee Break

1 hour	Debate: Whether VNS therapy is alternative to other methods of surgical treatment in pharmacoresistant epilepsy?
	Capsule: About 30% of patients epilepsy is remained resistant to therapy. Application of VNS and other surgical methods in a number of cases allows to overcome resistance. Whether can replace application of VNS other methods of surgical treatment
10 min	Debate host: Konrad Rejdak, Poland
15 min	Yes: Aleksander Dukhovsky, Ukraine
15 min	No: Konstantin Kostyuk, Ukraine
20 min	Discussion and rebuttals

1 hour	Debate: Tactics of delivery in women with epilepsy: do all women with epilepsy need operative delivery?
	Capsule: Epileptic seizures increase the risk of infant and maternal mortality. Many clinicians consider surgical delivery necessary. How expedient surgical delivery for all women with epilepsy?
10 min	Debate host: Yurii Horansky, Ukraine
15 min	Yes: Andriy Dubenko, Ukraine
15 min	No: Lidya Maryenko, Ukraine
20 min	Discussion and rebuttals

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