Study Shows Brain Surgery for Epilepsy Still Not Widely Used

Ten years ago, a landmark clinical trial in Canada demonstrated the unequivocal effectiveness of brain surgeries for treating uncontrolled epilepsy. However, since then, the procedure has not been widely adopted — in fact, it is dramatically underutilized, according to a new study from the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF).

The study, published in this month’s Neurology journal, shows that the number of Americans having the surgery has not changed in the decade since its release, although surgical treatment now is uniformly encouraged by neurology and neurosurgery professional societies. For more information, click here to read the full release.