Risks of AED Withdrawal after Epilepsy Surgery

Abstract

The frequency of seizure recurrence and outcome factors associated with antiepileptic drug (AED) withdrawal following successful epilepsy surgery were evaluated retrospectively in 210 patients treated between 1989 and 1993 at the Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN.

Keywords

• antiepileptic drug withdrawal following successful epilepsy surgery
• hippocampal atrophy
• electrocorticography