Journal Reviews

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Neuromodulation in drug resistant epilepsy

7 January 2021 | | Neurotology | Closed-loop, Epilepsy, Neuromodulation, Open-loop, Seizure network

Treatment of epilepsy can be considered generally as medical or surgical. Anti-epileptic drugs achieve a five-year seizure freedom in 54-70% patients. It is estimated that 50-90% of patients with drug-refractory epilepsy may not be candidates for resective surgery. For example,...