Open AccessEconomics of epilepsy surgery
Author(s) -
Venkatraman Sadanand
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
annals of indian academy of neurology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.427
H-Index - 31
eISSN - 1998-3549
pISSN - 0972-2327
DOI - 10.4103/0972-2327.128685
Subject(s) - medicine , decision analysis , epilepsy surgery , epilepsy , intractable epilepsy , process (computing) , surgery , computer science , psychiatry , economics , mathematical economics , operating system
Surgical decision-making is a complex process. First, a medical decision is made to determine if surgery is necessary. Second, another medical decision is made to determine the type of surgery. Third, a corporate decision is made if such a surgery is financially feasible. Finally, a legal decision is made to proceed or refuse the chosen surgery. This paper examines these issues in the case of surgery for medically intractable epilepsy and proposes a method of decision analysis to guide epilepsy surgery.