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The 11 pages that link to Epilepsy Surgery, each with the reason it gives.

• EpilepsyRelated: Surgery can offer seizure freedom for selected people with drug-resistant focal epilepsy.

• SeizureRelated: Surgery may be considered when medication does not adequately control seizures.

• Antiseizure medicationCompared with: Surgery may be considered when medicines do not adequately control focal seizures.

• Focal SeizureRelated: A well-localized focal seizure source may make surgical evaluation possible.

• MagnetoencephalographyRelated: MEG can help localize epileptic activity when planning surgery for drug-resistant seizures.

• Drug-Resistant EpilepsyRelated: Resection can stop seizures when they arise from a safely removable brain region.

• AnticonvulsantCompared with: It offers a non-drug option for selected focal epilepsies that remain uncontrolled despite medication.

• Lennox–Gastaut syndromeCompared with: Which surgical approaches benefit particular seizure patterns remains an individualized clinical question.

• History of neurosurgeryBroader topic: It illustrates the shift from treating symptoms to identifying and removing specific seizure-generating tissue.

• Infantile epileptic spasms syndromeRelated: A focal brain abnormality causing persistent spasms may make surgery an option.

• Rasmussen syndromeRelated: Experience with surgery helped define the severe, hemisphere-centered nature of the disorder.