Surgery for drug-resistant focal epilepsy

Ann Indian Acad Neurol. 2014 Mar;17(Suppl 1):S124-31. doi: 10.4103/0972-2327.128693.

Abstract

During the colloquium on drug-resistant epilepsy (DRE) at National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS), Bangalore on August 16-18, 2013, a number of presentations were made on the surgically remediable lesional epilepsy syndromes, presurgical evaluation, surgical techniques, neuropathology of drug resistance focal epilepsy and surgical outcome. This pictorial essay with the illustrative case examples provides an overview of the various surgical techniques for the management of drug-resistant focal epilepsy.

Keywords: Drug-resistant epilepsy; epilepsy; epilepsy surgery; surgical techniques.