Surgical treatment of epilepsy. Needs, examination, resource demands and results
Wester, K.; Hauglie-Hanssen, E.; Løyning, Y.
Nordisk Medicin 104(5): 137-139
1989
ISSN/ISBN: 0029-1420 PMID: 2734084 Document Number: 338983
This review gives the current status of epilepsy surgery, the diagnostic procedures involved and the resources needed. Relatively few of the epilepsy patients are possible candidates for surgery. However, only a small fraction of these possible candidates are actually offered this treatment, in Norway as well as world-wide. The need for increased activity within this field is emphasized, as is the necessity of multi-disciplinary, regionalized epilepsy centers.