Predictors for being offered epilepsy surgery: 5-year experience of a tertiary referral centre

Fois, Chiara; Kovac, Stjepana; Khalil, Aytakin; Uzuner, Gulnur; Diehl, Beate; Wehner, Tim; Duncan, John; Walker, Matthew

doi:10.1136/jnnp-2014-310148

Predictors for being offered epilepsy surgery: 5-year experience of a tertiary referral centre

Fois C., Kovac S., Khalil A., Uzuner G. T., Diehl B., Wehner T., ...More

JOURNAL OF NEUROLOGY NEUROSURGERY AND PSYCHIATRY, vol.87, no.2, pp.209-211, 2016 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)

Publication Type: Article / Article
Volume: 87 Issue: 2
Publication Date: 2016
Doi Number: 10.1136/jnnp-2014-310148
Journal Name: JOURNAL OF NEUROLOGY NEUROSURGERY AND PSYCHIATRY
Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
Page Numbers: pp.209-211
Eskisehir Osmangazi University Affiliated: No

Abstract

Objectives To define factors that predict whether patients with pharmacoresistant focal epilepsy are offered epilepsy surgery (including invasive EEG) and the main reasons for not proceeding with these after non-invasive presurgical evaluation.