Epilepsy. Outcome patterns in epilepsy surgery--the long-term view

Samuel Wiebe

doi:10.1038/nrneurol.2012.9

Epilepsy. Outcome patterns in epilepsy surgery--the long-term view

Nat Rev Neurol. 2012 Jan 31;8(3):123-4. doi: 10.1038/nrneurol.2012.9.

Author

Samuel Wiebe¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Hotchkiss Brain Institute, University of Calgary, 1403 29th Street NW, Calgary, AB, Canada. swiebe@ucalgary.ca

PMID: 22290572
DOI: 10.1038/nrneurol.2012.9

Abstract

Predicting response to therapy in individual patients with epilepsy is not straightforward. An exploration of long-term surgical outcomes in an epilepsy cohort has identified seven patterns of remission and relapse, and the probability of each outcome has been calculated. The study provides new predictors of postoperative outcomes in epilepsy.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Comment

MeSH terms

Epilepsies, Partial / surgery*
Female
Humans
Male