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What is Brain surgery?

Brain surgery treats problems in the brain and the structures around it through an opening (craniotomy) in the skull (cranium).

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Epilepsy 61 24 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
remove part the part of my temporal lobe causing my seizures 18 12 Efficacy_major Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none
Seizures 18 9 Efficacy_major Efficacy_slight
Brain tumor 6 3 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate
Left temporal lobe; location from injury found. 2 2 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate
Diagnostic assessment 2 0

See all 5 patients currently having Brain surgery

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Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Having Brain surgery (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Not indicated 102   Not indicated: 87%
Other 11   Other: 9%
Course of treatment ended 4   Course of treatment ended: 3%
Did not seem to work 3   Did not seem to work: 3%
Doctor's advice 2   Doctor's advice: 2%
Side effects too severe 1   Side effects too severe: 1%

See all 117 patients who’ve stopped having Brain surgery

Reported Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Having Brain surgery

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
0
0
0

Stopped Having Brain surgery

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
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Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Brain surgery

Always
 28 60%
Usually
 3 6%
Sometimes
 4 9%
Never
 12 26%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Brain surgery

Very
 8 17%
Somewhat
 8 17%
A little
 6 13%
Not at all
 25 53%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Brain surgery

$200+
 4 21%
$100-199
 0 0%
$50-99
 0 0%
$25-49
 1 5%
< $25
 12 63%

Report created on May 23, 2012.