Johns Hopkins Neurology Podcasts
Neurologist Gregory Bergey discusses the benefits of epilepsy surgery.
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Program Notes:
0:11 Epilepsy surgery
0:32 Still not utilized as often as it should be
1:12 There are seizures that begin in part of the brain and those that begin on both sides at once
2:12 If you fail three medications you may be a candidate
3:11 The average time for the person who comes for surgery is twenty years
4:18 There is redundancy so impact is minimal
5:10 When people talk about statistics they’re talking seizure free
6:01 When you’re assessed we’ll admit you
7:09 Should be routinely included in treatment algorithm
8:10 It’s a question of educating patient and physician
9:03 Temporal lobectomy by an experienced surgeon
9:55 End
