Results

If you had awake brain surgery to manage epilepsy, you generally should see improvements in your seizures after surgery. Some people are seizure-free, while others experience fewer seizures than before the surgery. Occasionally, some people have no change in the frequency of their seizures.

If you had awake brain surgery to remove a tumor, your neurosurgeon generally should have been able to remove most of the tumor. You may still need other treatments, such as radiation therapy or chemotherapy, to help destroy remaining parts of the tumor.