Drug therapy
Epilepsy is mainly treated using drugs.
Sixty percent of all epilepsy patients treated with anti-epileptic drugs become seizure free.
Operative therapy
Epileptic surgery removes the focus of the epilepsy, i.e. the part of the brain where the seizures are triggered.
from: U. Altrup, U. Specht: Informationstafeln Epilepsie. Novartis Pharma Verlag 1997
Deutsches Epilepsiemuseum Kork
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