Surgery is widely accepted as an effective therapy for selected individuals with medically
refractory epilepsy. Numerous studies in the past 20 years have reported seizure freedom …

Objectives. To systematically review and synthesize the available evidence on the efficacy of
the ketogenic diet in reducing seizure frequency for children with refractory epilepsy. Data …

Background Randomized trials of surgery for epilepsy have not been conducted, because of
the difficulties involved in designing and implementing feasible studies. The lack of data …

Most patients with non-lesional temporal lobe epilepsy (NLTLE) will have the findings of
hippocampal sclerosis (HS) on a high resolution MRI. However, a significant minority of …

Object. It is unknown whether different resection strategies for temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE)
produce alterations in seizure control or neuropsychological performance. Methods. A series …

Objective: To identify presurgical and postsurgical factors that are independently predictive
of the outcome of anterior temporal lobectomy (ATL) for intractable epilepsy. Background …

Purpose: The literature regarding seizure outcome and prognostic factors for outcome after
temporal lobectomy is often contradictory. This is problematic, as these data are the basis on …

Object The authors reviewed the long-term outcome of focal resection in a large group of
patients who had intractable partial nonlesional epilepsy, including mesial temporal lobe …

Object. Analyses of the results of surgery for epilepsy are hindered by inconsistent
classifications of seizure outcome, small numbers of patients, and short postoperative follow …

Purpose: To identify factors that predict the outcome in seizure control after frontal lobe
epilepsy surgery (FLES). FLES is the second most frequent type of epilepsy surgery, but the …