Why are so few patients operated on for epilepsy? A Yugoslavian perspective.
A detailed review of the literature is provided which documents the discrepancy between the number of potential candidates for epilepsy surgery and the number actually operated on. Against a historical background, the limitations of understanding and of diagnostic tests are evaluated together with a careful review of long term surgical results, including those of the author.
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Neurosurgical Clinic, University Clinical Centre, Belgrade, Yugoslavia.
D003337:Corpus Callosum / Q000601:surgery; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004292:Dominance, Cerebral / Q000502:physiology; D004828:Epilepsies, Partial / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000601:surgery; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000601:surgery*; D004833:Epilepsy, Temporal Lobe / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000601:surgery; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D019965:Neurocognitive Disorders / Q000209:etiology; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology; D011612:Psychosurgery; D013702:Temporal Lobe / Q000601:surgery; D015022:Yugoslavia / Q000453:epidemiology