Can there be sequela after epilepsy surgery?

Epilepsy has brought great harm to patients. Many patients with intractable epilepsy will choose surgery to treat epilepsy in order to restore their health and reduce the number of seizures. Clinically, patients who still can't control the seizure after systematic and multi-drug combined treatment can be evaluated before operation, and those who meet the surgical indications can be treated surgically. Surgical treatment has certain risks, so many epilepsy patients are worried that surgical treatment will leave sequelae. So, will there be sequelae after epilepsy surgery? According to experts, with the continuous progress of diagnostic technology and equipment, and the continuous accumulation of clinical experience, the risk of epilepsy surgery has been reduced to a very small extent. Surgery is not as terrible as many patients think. Craniotomy for epilepsy is a very basic routine operation for neurosurgeons. The vast majority of patients will not leave sequelae after surgery. The difficulty of surgical treatment of epilepsy lies in the difficulty of accurate preoperative localization of epileptic focus, not in the difficulty of epileptic surgery itself. Some patients think that after epilepsy surgery, the disease can be completely cured and they will be fine. Actually, it's not. After epilepsy surgery, you should continue to take antiepileptic drugs for a period of time, usually for about two years. Although the lesion has been removed, it may still leave some lesion tissues and may form new epileptic lesions at the surgical site. The vast majority of patients undergoing surgery have been taking medicine for many years. Imagine that they have lived for more than ten years, why not stick to it for two years? After two years, if you don't do it again, you can gradually reduce the amount of drugs and then achieve the purpose of rehabilitation. Experts pointed out that any operation may be affected by some factors, resulting in various complications, especially the site of epilepsy surgery is mostly located in the functional area of the brain, so there may be limb and language dysfunction, intracranial hematoma and so on. After the operation, although the probability of complications is rare, it is possible for every patient, and it is necessary to actively cooperate with the doctor after the occurrence. The above is an introduction. Experts remind patients to correctly treat sequelae of epilepsy surgery. Postoperative nursing should be actively carried out to reduce the frequency of postoperative sequelae and maintain health.