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Outcome Assessment for Epilepsy Surgery:The Impact of Measuring Health-Related Quality of Life Ann Neurol 37:158-166, 1411995., Vickrey,B.G.,et al, 1995 See this aricle in Pubmed Article Abstract We used a reliable and valid measure of self-reported health-related quality of life(HRQOL),the Epilepsy Surgery Inventory(ESI)-55,as an external standard by which to evaluate seven previously published,seizure- based outcome classification systems.Results reveal noteworthy variation in the extent to which different systems reflect patients'HRQOL at follow- up.We modified existing systems to derive a seizure-based surgery outcome systems that most closely reflects HRQOL when applied over the latest 1- year postoperative interval.

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