[epilepsy] Re: erin here hope someone could answer a question for me.

 

I can't say that I know, but I think surgery is decided based on:

- how many seizures a person has and how they interfere with a
person's life

- what type of seizures occur

- how many medicines or combinations of them have failed

- age of the person

- likelihood of success

- results of lots of tests

- thoughts of various other doctors; it wouldn't be just one doctor's
decision

There is non-invasive, radiation surgery as well, so one type might be more likely to be chosen than the other.

--- In epilepsy@yahoogroups.com, Erin Pett <city5432@...> wrote:
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> just out of curiousity does anyone know how a dr decides on who needs
> surgery? Is it usually based on how many seizures u have??
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