ObjectiveTo investigate the quality of life (QOL) of the epilepsy patients and the factors affected the QOL.Methods200 cases were investigated using the Quality of Life in Epilepsy Inventory 10 (QOLEI-10) and the Washington Psychosocial Seizure Investigate (WPSI). 200 healthy persons were chosen as normal control group. ResultsThe QOL of the patient group were significantly poor as compared with that of normal control group(P<0.01). The factors that the patients always faced with were disability in the attack control, short in money, unemployment, restriction of movement, disability in intercommunication, psychological disorder (depress, strain, anxiety, dread, shame feel, cognitional dysfunction, etc.), as well as the difficult to get professional curtains, taking medicine improperly and side effects of the medicine. Conclusions The factors mentioned, which were usually neglected by many doctors, do affect the QOL of epilepsy patients, and hinder the epilepsy treatment effectively.

Objective To establish a smooth three-dimensional(3D)geometric model of the maxilla based on CT data using four dif-ferent software packages,to mimic the modified Le Fort Ⅰ osteotomy and its fixation scheme,and to perform a finite element analysis of the postoperative occlusion.Methods CT data were preliminarily processed using Mimics software to produce an STL 3D model.The model was then imported into Inspire Studio software to create a smoothed PolyNURBS geometric model.SpaceClaim software was used to model the surgical osteotomy and fixation schemes.Finally,ANSYS Workbench was used to conduct a 3D finite element analysis simu-lating the patient's occlusion after surgery.Results The simulation results showed that the connection relationship of the finite element model was accurately established under the molar occlusion condition.Under a total occlusal force of 6 N,the maximum equivalent stress of the titanium plate was 73 MPa.Conclusion The maxillary modeling and analysis method used in this study can produce a smooth geometric model suitable for finite element simulation.The results of this study can provide reference for various fixation schemes in orthognathic surgery.