Objective This study was undertaken to better understand the long‐term palliative and
disease‐modifying effects of surgical resection beyond seizure freedom, including frequency …

Epilepsy is a debilitating neurological disorder affecting approximately 1% of the world's
population. Drug-resistant focal epilepsies are potentially surgically remediable. Although …

Objective This study was undertaken to improve understanding of late relapse following
epilepsy surgery in pharmacoresistant epilepsy. Methods Retrospective comparison was …

Objective. We investigated the longitudinal outcome of resective epilepsy surgery to identify
the predictors of seizure recurrence. Materials and Methods. We retrospectively analyzed …

Importance Epilepsy surgery is indicated for patients with focal seizures who do not respond
to appropriate antiepileptic drug therapy consisting of 2 or more medications. Objectives To …

The aim of epilepsy treatment is to achieve seizure freedom. Surgery is often still considered
a late option when pharmacological treatments have failed and epilepsy has become drug …

Seizures persist or recur in 20–60% of patients after resective surgery for intractable partial
epilepsy. Further information about the natural course of these seizures is lacking in the …

Objective To analyze longitudinal seizure outcomes following epilepsy surgery, including
reoperations, in patients with intractable focal epilepsy. Methods Clinicoradiological …

The article presents information on clinical experience on seizure recurrence after planned
discontinuation of antiepileptic drugs in seizure-free patients after epilepsy surgery. For …

Background Patients with intractable epilepsy who have bilateral epileptic foci may not
qualify for curative epilepsy surgery. In some cases palliative resection may be undertaken …