癫痫是一种相当古老且极为复杂的疾病,对个体的生理、心理、家庭以及社会都有着巨大影响。其患病率为0.5％～l％,不包括现有患者,估计我国每年每10万人中即有35例新患者。癫痫治疗以药物为主,但其中约25％用抗癫痫药物难以控制,10％服药无效。在这些药物难治性患者中,以目前的外科手术技术,25％～50％的患者可从中获益。 Epilepsy is a rather ancient and extremely complex disease that has a huge impact on an individual’s physiology, psychology, family and society. Its prevalence is 0.5% ~ l%, does not include the existing patients, it is estimated that there are 35 new patients per 100,000 people in our country each year. Epilepsy treatment is drug-based, but about 25% of them are hard to control with antiepileptic drugs and 10% are ineffective. Among these drug-refractory patients, 25% to 50% of patients benefit from current surgical techniques.