Potential barriers to epilepsy surgery can be divided into two broad groups: reluctance of patients/caregivers and deficient knowledge of neurologists. Pakistan, in particular, faces an epilepsy surgery treatment gap of 70-94%. This study aimed to assess the knowledge and practice of neurologists and the knowledge of the patients diagnosed with epilepsy to identify the barriers to adequate provision of this modality in Pakistan.
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