John T. Langfitt

TL;DR: Whether surgery soon after failure of 2 antiepileptic drug (AED) trials is superior to continued medical management in controlling seizures and improving quality of life (QOL) is sought and among patients with newly intractable disabling MTLE, resective surgery plus AED treatment resulted in a lower probability of seizures during year 2 of follow-up than continued AEDtreatment alone.

TL;DR: This critical review summarizes known risks associated with refractory epilepsy, provides practical clinical recommendations, and indicates areas for future research.

TL;DR: To determine the frequency and determinants of subnormal global cognitive function in a representative, community‐based sample of children prospectively identified at the time of initial diagnosis of epilepsy.

TL;DR: Hippocampal atrophy and a history of absence of generalized tonic clonic seizures were the sole predictors of 2-year remission, and only for medial temporal resections.

TL;DR: A substantial proportion of localization-related epilepsy may not become clearly intractable for many years after onset, especially true of epilepsy of childhood and early adolescent onset.