[Neuropsychological studies in the surgery of epilepsy]

Comparison of the findings of neuropsychological examination with the EEG pattern, the results of psychopathological examination, and the character of the paroxysms showed the high informativeness of standardized neuropsychological diagnostic methods in determining the location of the dominant epileptic focus and predicting the outcomes of surgical treatment of patients with epilepsy as well as the transient character of possible disorders of high cortical functions caused by surgical interventions.