AB076. Underutilization of epilepsy surgery in Pakistan: ten-year experience from the only comprehensive epilepsy center in the country

Eighty percent of the global epilepsy burden is borne by developing countries, and 30% of these patients have drug-resistant epilepsy (DRE). Epilepsy surgery (ES) can significantly improve the cognition and quality of life in DRE. A comprehensive epilepsy center was established in Pakistan in 2010, the only facility for ES in a country of 231 million people. Hundreds of epilepsy patients are medically managed at the center each year. We aimed to study seizure control in all ES cases performed at the only comprehensive epilepsy center in the country during last 10 years.