Who will use epilepsy surgery nomograms, and why?

Who will use epilepsy surgery nomograms, and why?

240 www.thelancet.com/neurology Vol 14 March 2015 Advances in neurodiagnostic technology and mi crosurgery have greatly improved the safety and effi cacy of surgical treatment for epilepsy in recent years. Results from two randomised controlled trials have shown the superiority of surgical treatment over continued drug treatment for patients with medically refractory temporal lobe epilepsy. A p...

Why Consider Early Epilepsy Surgery?

Various epilepsy surgery procedures can be used to cure or reduce seizure frequency. Most procedures are either designed to resect or disconnect the area of the brain where seizures originate or spread. Epilepsy surgery is a procedure that either removes or isolates the area of the brain where seizures originate. Epilepsy surgery can significantly improve seizure control in a carefully selected...

Who will we be?: JAMA surgery !

T HE ARCHIVES OF SURGERY WILL BE OFFIcially renamed JAMA Surgery, beginning January 1, 2013; the other 8 Archives journals will be renamed similarly for their specialties. When I discussed this with the new JAMA editor, Howard Bauchner, MD, I was excited about the new name. We are uniquely linked to JAMA and this name change will broadcast that association even more vividly. The Archives of Sur...

Transit-Induced Gentrification: Who Will Stay, and Who Will Go?

Who Will Gain and Who Will Lose Influence under Different Electoral Rules . Who Will Gain and Who Will Lose Influence under Different Electoral Rules*

*The research reported here was supported by funds granted to the Institute for Research on Poverty at the University of Wisconsin by the Office of Economic Opportunity pursuant to provisions of the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964. We also acknowledge computation funds from NICHD grant l-P01-HD05876. The conclusions are the sale responsibility of the authors. ABSTRACT Elec~'oraJ,. reform has p...