title: Stopping antiepileptic drugs after epilepsy surgery: a survey of U.S. epilepsy center neurologists.
abstract: One hundred fifty-one neurologists at U.S. epilepsy centers responded to a survey on stopping medications in patients following successful resective epilepsy surgery. Sixty-two percent said patients should be > or = 2 years seizure-free before stopping medication. Although respondents tended to agree about the importance of many of the queried factors (e.g., focal pathology in favor of and persistent auras against stopping antiepileptic drugs), it is unclear how well these factors determine seizure outcome in this setting.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL, USA.
authors.forename: Anne T
authors.initials: AT
authors.lastname: Berg
authors.forename: John T
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Langfitt
authors.forename: Susan S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Spencer
authors.forename: Barbara G
authors.initials: BG
authors.lastname: Vickrey
mesh_terms: D017668:Age of Onset; D000927:Anticonvulsants / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D003625:Data Collection; D004569:Electroencephalography; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D019635:Neurosurgical Procedures; D012640:Seizures / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D014481:United States
chemical_list: D000927:Anticonvulsants