Figure. Factors that influence patients' decision to undergo surgical treatment of epilepsy.

Visual depiction of the 6 proposed factors (FACETS) that influence patients' decision to undergo epilepsy surgery. (A) African American patients. (B) Hispanic patients. The size of each circle represents a proposed weight that each factor may have on a patient's decision (larger circle represents a more heavily weighted factor). The weight of each factor may vary depending on the patient's race, ethnicity, language, and cultural background (such as race/ethnicity, as depicted above). There is significant overlap between each of these factors as they are not mutually exclusive. Access appears to be the most studied and heavily weighted factor at this time, although further research needs to be conducted to elucidate the influence of the other factors on surgical treatment.