(Re)Defining success in epilepsy surgery: The importance of relative seizure reduction in patient‐reported quality of life

Previous work has suggested that seizure outcome is the most important predictor of quality of life (QoL) after epilepsy surgery, but it is unknown which specific seizure outcome measure should be used in judging surgical success. We assess three different seizure outcome measures (relative seizure reduction, absolute seizure reduction, and seizure freedom [yes/no]) to investigate which measure best predicts postoperative QoL.

• Publication year

  2019

• Venue

  Epilepsia

• Publication date

  2019-10-01

• Fields of study

  Medicine

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  DOI 10.1111/epi.16327PMID 31460672
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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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