“Time is Brain”—How early should surgery be done in drug‐resistant TLE?

Conclusions“Epilepsy duration” independently predicted both short‐ and long‐term seizure outcome after surgery in TLE. “Lost years” translate into poor seizure outcome after ATL. Therefore, all cases of drug‐resistant TLE should be referred to a surgical center at the earliest.

Source: Acta Neurologica Scandinavica - November 4, 2018 Category: Neurology Authors: Ashalatha Radhakrishnan, Ramshekhar Menon, Sanjeev V. Thomas, Mathew Abraham, George Vilanilam, Chandrashekharan Kesavadas, Bejoy Thomas, Ajith Cherian, Ravi Prasad Varma Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLE Source Type: research