National epilepsy surgery program: realistic goals and pragmatic solutions.
There are multiple social, economic, and medical challenges in establishing successful epilepsy surgery programs in India and in other low- and middle-income countries (LAMIC). These can be overcome by reproducing pragmatic and proven epilepsy surgery models throughout the country with a larger aim of developing a national epilepsy surgery program so as to provide affordable and quality surgical care to all the deserving patients. An organized national epilepsy surgery support activity can help interested centers in India and in neighboring countries in developing epilepsy surgery programs.
Chaturbhuj
C
Rathore
Malla Bhaskara
MB
Rao
Department of Neurology, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, Karnataka, India.
Kurupath
K
Radhakrishnan
D015510:Clinical Medicine / Q000191:economics; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D003906:Developing Countries / Q000191:economics; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000191:economics / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000601:surgery*; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand / Q000191:economics / Q000639:trends; D006801:Humans; D007194:India