05/11/2025
One-third of patients with epilepsy do not become seizure-free with medication. If anti-seizure medications don’t work, surgery is another treatment option. For patients with seizures that occur in a specific region of the brain (known as focal seizures), safely removing that brain tissue can help reduce seizures.
Learn more about the other surgical treatment options for patients with drug-resistant epilepsy: https://www.ucsf.edu/news/2025/09/430761/if-anti-seizure-meds-dont-work-epilepsy-can-surgery-help
🎨 Illustration depicting a craniotomy by Morgan Summerlin.
