Epilepsy Health Center

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If you have epilepsy with seizures that have not been controlled with medicines or other treatments, you may want to think about having surgery to reduce the frequency and severity of the seizures. While brain surgery may sound frightening, it can be effective in reducing epileptic seizures and can greatly improve the quality of your life. Surgery for epilepsy may involve removing an area of abnormal tissue in the brain (such as a tumor or scar tissue) or the specific area of brain tissue where seizures begin. For information about surgeries for epilepsy, see Surgery.

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Early treatment may reduce the risk of progressing to more frequent and severe seizures.

You are more likely to have additional seizures if you have had two or more seizures. Doctors usually recommend treatment in these cases.