Open AccessPostsurgical Treatment of Epilepsy
Author(s) -
Berg Anne T.
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
epilepsy currents
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.415
H-Index - 22
eISSN - 1535-7511
pISSN - 1535-7597
DOI - 10.1111/j.1535-7597.2004.44001.x
Subject(s) - medicine , epilepsy , epilepsy surgery , medline , clinical trial , antiepileptic drug , intensive care medicine , psychiatry , political science , law
In people with localization‐related epilepsy who do not respond well to medication and continue to have seizures despite having been evaluated and treated by an epilepsy specialist, current recommendations are to consider surgery as an alternative to continued trials of different antiepileptic drugs (AEDs).