title: Surgery for drug-resistant focal epilepsy.
abstract: During the colloquium on drug-resistant epilepsy (DRE) at National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS), Bangalore on August 16-18, 2013, a number of presentations were made on the surgically remediable lesional epilepsy syndromes, presurgical evaluation, surgical techniques, neuropathology of drug resistance focal epilepsy and surgical outcome. This pictorial essay with the illustrative case examples provides an overview of the various surgical techniques for the management of drug-resistant focal epilepsy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences, Bangalore, Karnataka, India.
authors.forename: Malla Bhaskara
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Rao
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences, Bangalore, Karnataka, India.
authors.forename: Arimappamagan
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Arivazhagan
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences, Bangalore, Karnataka, India.
authors.forename: Sanjib
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sinha
authors.affiliation: Department of Neuroimaging and Interventional Radiology, National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences, Bangalore, Karnataka, India.
authors.forename: Rose Dawn
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Bharath
authors.affiliation: Department of Neuropathology, National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences, Bangalore, Karnataka, India.
authors.forename: Anita
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mahadevan
authors.affiliation: Department of Neuroimaging and Interventional Radiology, National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences, Bangalore, Karnataka, India.
authors.forename: Maya
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bhat
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences, Bangalore, Karnataka, India.
authors.forename: Parthasarthy
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Satishchandra
keywords: Drug-resistant epilepsy; epilepsy; epilepsy surgery; surgical techniques