What is the purpose of surgical treatment of epilepsy?

  Patients with epilepsy that is not satisfactorily controlled by medication may consider surgical treatment to achieve seizure control, currently based on the criteria of whether seizures affect the patient’s quality of life. The general selection criteria for surgical patients are: limited seizures; ineffective regular medication and no remission trend for more than 2 years; seizures seriously affect the patient’s quality of life; the patient’s physical and mental status can cooperate with the completion of preoperative evaluation and postoperative rehabilitation; the lesion causing the epilepsy is not in the important functional area of the brain and surgery will not bring significant disability to the patient; the brain is found to have a clear lesion by CT, MRI, etc. The patients with epileptogenic foci can be removed by surgery. In addition to the indications for surgery, different surgical methods should be selected according to the patient’s condition.