The number of epilepsy patients in Ukraine and in the world is increasing every year. And a large part of these patients are patients who need a surgical method of treatment.

However, there is no method of registration such patients, which would provide an opportunity to adequately evaluate the results of surgical treatment of epilepsy, preparation for surgical intervention, step-by-step examination of the patient and, subsequently, the appointment of adequate АED therapy.

From 2014 to 2020, information was collected from 3 leading neurosurgical centers of Ukraine, which are engaged in surgery for drug-resistant epilepsy. 359 patients who had a drug-resistant form of epilepsy were operated on during this period. However, there was and is not any information about the effectiveness of treatment, the further course of the disease in such patients and information about the treatment of attacks after surgery.

Our team decided to develop a register of patients who were operated on due to drug-resistant epilepsy. Firstly, a questionnaire was created, which includes detailed information on the onset of the disease, its course, treatment, and information on diagnosis. This questionnaire became the basis for the creation of an electronic register of operated patients with epilepsy, which allows you to conveniently and quickly enter all patient data into an electronic database.

The created register is extremely important and expedient at a time when the number of patients with epilepsy who are operated on due to drug resistance is constantly increasing.