Mortality After Epilepsy Surgery

Country and reference

Surgery cases, n

Age, years

Type of surgery/epilepsy

Follow-up average, years

Comparison with non-surgery

Association with seizure outcome assessed

Causes of death analyzed

USA [18]

202

Adolescents and adults

All respective surgeries

5.8

Yes

USA [19]

215

8–57

TLE

Yes

USA [11]

521

11–66

All

4.9

Yes

UK [20]

561

16–64

Not known

6.9

Yes

UK^a[12]

305

All ages

TLE

9.1

Yes

UK^a[21]

306

All ages

TLE

11.7

Yes

Brazil [23]

384

All ages

All?

Not known

Yes

Only SUDEP, not clear

TLE Temporal lobe epilepsy

^aLargerly the same cohort but different time spans of follow-up

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