title: [Operated on for epilepsy: cured or not?].
abstract: The idea behind epilepsy surgery is that a patient is cured from epilepsy by brain surgery. Is this true? A recent paper in The Lancet shows that this view is too simple. Seizures can recur years after surgery, and of all patients who became seizure free only a minority no longer has to take anti-epileptic drugs. This does not alter the fact that epilepsy surgery holds the best perspectives for many patients.
authors.affiliation: Universitair Medisch Centrum Utrecht, Rudolf Magnus Instituut voor Neurowetenschap, Utrecht, the Netherlands. fleijten@umcutrecht.nl
authors.forename: Frans S
authors.initials: FS
authors.lastname: Leijten
mesh_terms: D000927:Anticonvulsants / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D011379:Prognosis; D012008:Recurrence; D012640:Seizures / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000601:surgery*; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D000927:Anticonvulsants