Early versus late antiepileptic drug withdrawal following temporal lobectomy

Early versus late antiepileptic drug withdrawal following temporal lobectomy, Freedom from antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) is an important goal of epilepsy surgery and patients usually consider themselves cured only when the AEDs are completely withdrawn. [1,2] Although this issue of AED withdrawal following epilepsy surgery is very important to patients, there is relative dearth of data about the AED usage following epilepsy surgery., Freedom from antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) is an important goal of epilepsy surgery and patients usually consider themselves cured only when the AEDs are completely withdrawn. [1,2] Although this issue of AED withdrawal following epilepsy surgery is very important to patients, there is relative dearth of data about the AED usage following epilepsy surgery. The practice of AED withdrawal varies across the centers and clinicians remain sharply divided in their practice of AED management following epilepsy surgery [3–5]., admin,