Epilepsy surgery in adults.
Epilepsy surgery is capable of stopping seizures or markedly reducing their frequency in selected patients with medically refractory epilepsy. Presurgical evaluation, as currently practiced, requires concordance among a battery of localizing tests. Cost-effectiveness is increasingly important in the development of optimal presurgical protocols and surgical procedures in specific patient populations.
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D000328:Adult; D001931:Brain Mapping; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging / Q000191:economics; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000191:economics / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D018579:Patient Selection; D011612:Psychosurgery / Q000191:economics; D011788:Quality of Life