OBJECTIVES Epilepsy surgery is performed less frequently in persons over 45 years of age than in younger individuals, probably reflecting biases among patients, referring physicians and neurologists. METHODS We report on a clinically heterogeneous cohort of patients aged 45 years or older who underwent epilepsy surgery for medically intractable epilepsy. RESULTS Over a 15-year period, 42 pa...

RATIONALE Epilepsy surgery is a standard of care in the treatment of medically intractable epilepsy, but is underutilised. We describe the results of epilepsy surgery and the referral patterns at a referral epilepsy programme. METHODS We reviewed the outcome of epilepsy surgery performed at the University of South Florida and Tampa General Hospital epilepsy programme for the years 2000 and 20...

The effectiveness of resective surgery for the treatment of carefully selected patients with medically intractable, localization-related epilepsy is clear. Seizure-free rates following temporal lobectomy are consistently 65% to 70% in adults and 68% to 78% in children. Extratemporal resections less commonly lead to a seizure-free outcome, although one recent childhood series reported a seizure-...

Background: Drug-resistant epilepsy can be defined as the existence of seizures within 6 months, despite adequate therapy regimens with one or more antiepileptic drugs. Epilepsy surgery has been standard to help those patients who suffer from drug-resistant epilepsy. The goal this is halt reduce intensity seizures. This literature review aims provide an overview existing surgical procedures for...