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Stereo-Electro-Encephalo-Graphy (SEEG) With Robotic Assistance in the Presurgical Evaluation of Medical Refractory Epilepsy: A Technical Note
Published on: June 13, 2016
[Epilepsy surgery; indication and the latest treatment]
1Department of Neurology, Kyoto University School of Medicine.
Abstract:
In order to obtain the optimal results (being free from seizures and functional deficits) in epilepsy surgery from the viewpoint of restorative functional neurology, it is essential to define both epileptogenic and functional zones precisely. Several important concerns are listed as follows for neurologists who care and introduce surgical candidates with intractable epilepsy from their clinic to the epilepsy surgery centers; 1) intractability of seizures, 2) decreased verbal memory after surgery in patients with left mesial temporal lobe epilepsy, 3) surgical outcome of patients with neocortical epilepsy without MRI abnormalities, 4) possible dissociation between ictal onset zone and ictal semiology, and 5) interventional neurophysiology which enhances endogenous inhibitory networks in the brain in an externally triggered or internally driven way.
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