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Epilepsy is one of the most common neurological disorders with an incidence of approximately 40-70/100,000 per year in adults [1] and 41-187/100,000 per year in children [2], being particularly frequent in rural and underdeveloped areas [1,3–5]. Almost 47% of patients will become seizure-free with the first anti-seizure medication trial and an additional 14% of patients with a second or third medicine [6]. Despite optimal medication management, about 20-30% of patients with epilepsy will continue to have more than one seizure per month, 12% will have weekly seizures, and 8% daily seizures [3,7,8].