Can epilepsy be treated surgically?

Epilepsy can be treated surgically and is usually clinically indicated for patients with poorly treated medications or secondary seizures. In primary epilepsy, drug therapy is preferred, commonly used are sodium valproate, carbamazepine, ethosuximide, clonazepam, gabapentin, levetiracetam, etc. If the patient is not well treated with medication, surgery can also be considered when frontal or temporal lobe seizures are considered, mainly by surgical removal of part of the frontal or temporal lobe brain tissue. If secondary epilepsy is considered, there is usually a clear cause, such as brain tumors and cranial trauma may cause, patients with tumors can consider surgical removal, benign tumors may be clinically cured after surgical removal, patients with malignant tumors should also undergo radiotherapy, etc.