CME vention. Most of the evidence discussed below pertains to resective surgery, in which
patients undergo a craniotomy and resection of the brain tissue containing the epileptogenic …

Abstract THE IDEA OF surgical treatment for epilepsy is not new. However, widespread use
and general acceptance of this treatment has only been achieved during the past three …

Nearly one-third of patients with newly diagnosed epilepsy will develop medically refractory
seizure disorders. The initial response to antiepileptic drug therapy is highly predictive of …

Epilepsy surgery is a well‐accepted treatment for drug‐resistant epilepsy. The success of
the epilepsy surgery depends upon an appropriate presurgical evaluation process which …

Epilepsy surgery is an accepted treatment option in patients with medically refractory focal
epilepsy. Despite various advances in recording and localization noninvasive and invasive …

When evaluating candidates for neurosurgical treatment for medically intractable epilepsy, is
it always necessary to define the region of seizure onset with EEG? A simple answer to this …

In medication-resistant epilepsy, the objective of epilepsy surgery is to render a patient
seizure 3 free with a resection/ablation that is as small as possible to minimize morbidity …

Surgical treatment of seizures in patients with intracranial lesions can involve either simple
excision of the lesion or seizure surgery with excision of the structural lesion and …

Epilepsy is one of the most common neurologic disorders in the world. While anti-epileptic
drugs (AEDs) are the mainstay of treatment in most cases, as many as one-third of patients …

Treatment of epilepsy often imposes an exposure to various antiepileptic drugs and requires
long‐term commitment and compliance from the patient. Although many new medications …