patients who underwent surgery for their epilepsy, show improvement in their memory tests a year after their surgery.

memory improvement in epileptic patients after surgery

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

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

neuropsychological involvement in surgeries for 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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