Postoperative Antiepileptic Drug Escalation as a Pragmatic Prognostic Marker After Temporal Lobe Epilepsy Surgery: A Retrospective Cohort Study of 60 Patients

Abstract

Background: Epilepsy surgery is the most effective intervention for drug-resistant temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE), but a substantial proportion of patients experience persistent or recurrent seizures postoperatively. Simple postoperative markers that flag patients at higher risk of poor outcomes would be clinically valuable.