Surveying neurologist perspectives and knowledge of epilepsy surgery to identify barriers to surgery referral.

Objective: Epilepsy surgery is an effective means of treating medically refractory epilepsy (MRE), but it remains underused. We aimed to analyze the perspectives and knowledge of referring neurologists in the New York metropolitan area, who serve a large epilepsy population.

Methods: We adapted a previous Canadian survey by Roberts et al.

Readability and content gaps in online epilepsy surgery materials as potential health literacy and shared-decision-making barriers.

Objective: Epilepsy surgery is an effective albeit underused treatment for refractory epilepsy, and online materials are vital to patient understanding of the complex process. Our goal is to analyze the readability and content inclusion of online patient health education materials designed for epilepsy surgery.

Methods: A private browser setting was used on Google and Bing to identify the top 100 search results for the terms "epilepsy+surgery".