Is it necessary to define the ictal onset zone with EEG prior to performing resective epilepsy surgery?

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 178-181

  Miller, John W ^a   Cole, Andrew J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Epilepsy surgery; Ictal localization; MRI; Video EEG monitoring

Indexed keywords

ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY SURGERY; EPILEPTIC FOCUS; HUMAN; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEIZURE; TREATMENT FAILURE;

BRAIN; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEUROSURGERY; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79951683550     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2010.08.024     Document Type: Review

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