Citation | Indication for Initiating Workup |
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UCL Institute of Neurology London, England 2011 [14] | N/A |
National Temporal Lobectomy Survey United States 2009 [39] | 20% utilize no minimum AED failures to define candidacy |
International Neurological Restoration Center Havana, Cuba 2009 [40] | Refractory |
University of Florida Gainsville, Florida 2009 [41] | N/A |
University of Munich Munich, Germany 2009 [42] | Failure of two or three AED in monotherapy |
Spanish Neurosurgical Society Spain 2009 [43] | Seizures regardless of treatment for at least 2 years with two consecutive first-line AEDs and at least one trial of bi-therapy at maximal dosage |
R. Madhavan Nayar Center for Comprehensive Epilepsy Care Kerala, India 2010 [37] | Seizures despite treatment with two consecutive first-line antiepileptic medications (AEDs) over 2 years |
Cleveland Clinic Cleveland, Ohio 2010 [38] | International League Against Epilepsy definition (a failure of two AED trials as monotherapy or combination) |
Barrow Neurological Institute Phoenix, Arizona 2011 [44] | N/A |
Oslo University Hospital Oslo, Norway 2012 [45] | International League Against Epilepsy definition (a failure of two AED trials as monotherapy or combination) |
Toronto Western Hospital Toronto, Canada 2012 [46] | Seizures despite treatment with two consecutive first-line antiepileptic medications (AEDs) over 2 years |
Italian League Against Epilepsy Italy 2013 [4] | Failure of two AED |
Gazi University Ankara, Turkey 2014 [47] | Refractory |
National Center Hospital for Neurology and Psychiatry Japan 2016 [48] | N/A |