Neuropsychological testing provide important information about the success of surgery. patients who didn't perform well on certain test, might show improvement after surgery. 

The importance of Neuropsychological testing after epilepsy surgeries

Neuropsychological testing can determine the severity of the cognitive disfunction and most adults with epilepsy will end up being a candid for surgery.

typically the cognitive impairment is high functioning for the first 5-10 years but after 10 years, cognitive function decreases slowly for patients with epilepsy.

progression of cognitive impairment in epilepsy 

Sayuthi, S., Tharakan, J., Pieter, M. S., Salmah, W. M., Madhavan, M., Tahir, A., & George, J. (2009). Neuropsychological assessment in epilepsy surgery - preliminary experience in a rural tertiary care hospital in north East malaysia. The Malaysian journal of medical sciences : MJMS, 16(1), 39–43.

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