title: [Physicians' emotional barriers toward epilepsy surgery].
abstract: Guidelines for epilepsy recommend timely referral of potential surgical candidate to an epilepsy center for evaluation. However, many patients are never referred for evaluation, or referred even a few decades after medically intractable condition. Physician's negative attitudes toward surgery may increase risk of morbidity and mortality in epilepsy patients. The aim of this review is to identify barriers toward epilepsy surgery among physicians. Importance of long-term epilepsy monitoring is emphasized.
authors.affiliation: Department of Epileptology, Tohoku University School of Medicine.
authors.forename: Nobukazu
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Nakasato
authors.forename: Kazutaka
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Jin
authors.forename: Masaki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Iwasaki
authors.forename: Naoshi
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Itabashi
authors.forename: Teiji
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tominaga
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D004569:Electroencephalography; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D016343:Monitoring, Intraoperative; D009462:Neurology; D014741:Video Recording