Table 8.

Selection criteria used in this study.

Criteria list	Operated patients	Non-operated patients taking AEDs	Healthy group
Presence of detailed pre-, post- and Intraoperative data	Yes	No	No
Clinically and para-clinically confirmed seizure	Yes	Yes	No
Seizure induced functional impairment	Yes	No	No
Incidence of drug-resistant epilepsy	Yes	No	No
Seizures lasting at least more than two years	Yes	Yes	No
Constant usage of AEDs more than one year	Yes	Yes	No
Intelligent quotient more than 70	Yes	Yes	Yes
Age between 10 to 55 years old	Yes	Yes	Yes
No prior brain surgery	Yes	Yes	Yes
Cooperative individual in data collection process	Yes	Yes	Yes