Knowledge and awareness toward surgical treatment of epilepsy among medical students at Umm Al-Qura University.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

This study aims to evaluate knowledge and awareness toward surgical treatment of epilepsy among medical students at Umm Al-Qura University.

Methods

A survey composed of 10 questions was distributed to medical students concerning surgical neurological disorders. It was used to collect data from 401 samples. Questions addressed general knowledge of epilepsy surgery and drug-resistant epilepsy, students' attitude toward epilepsy surgery, and techniques. The chi-square test was utilized.

Results

The familiar surgical techniques were lobectomy (11.2%), followed by hemispherotomy (8.2%). The term "drug-resistant epilepsy" was known to 24.4%. More than half of the students 259 (64.6%) would refer patients with drug-resistant epilepsy to a neurosurgeon and neurologi

SUBMITTER: Algahtani R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9793004 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature