Stereoelectroencephalography (SEEG)-based presurgical evaluation of epilepsies has a double objective: to localize the epileptogenic zone (EZ) and to specify a surgical plan. Direct electrical stimulations from the intracerebral electrodes are…
Introduction The epileptogenic zone (EZ) concept arises from the stereoelectroencephalography (SEEG) method introduced by Talairach and Bancaud. , The term “EZ” was proposed by Bancaud and defined as “the regions…
Acknowledgments We thank John Seymour of UTHealth Houston Department of Neurosurgery, Salvadore Dural-Bernal of SUNY Downstate Health Sciences Center, and Takfarinas Medani of the University of Southern California Signal &…
Stereoelectroencephalography (SEEG) concepts are directed toward the precise identification of the parcel of the cortical ribbon responsible for seizure genesis in patients with drug resistant epilepsy. The phase I preoperative…
Introduction SEEG is a stereotaxic method that embraces a stereotactic technique In the SEEG method, as the main goal is to acquire precise anatomical localization of inter-ictal and ictal activities,…
Introduction and definitions The delineation of an effective surgical strategy depends on an accurate delineation of the epileptogenic zone (EZ); this is not a trivial matter. Whereas the EZ has…
Introduction This chapter provides an overview of the principles of human intracerebral electrophysiology in the context of the stereo-electroencephalographic (SEEG) method. SEEG is an approach to determining a patient’s seizure…
Stereoelectroencephalography (SEEG), a stereotaxic approach for exploration of the pharmaco-resistant epilepsies, was created 65 years ago by J Talairach, MB Dell and J Bancaud at Hospital Sainte-Anne, Paris. For the…
Introduction Hemispherectomy is a surgical procedure in which an entire hemisphere is resected to treat medically refractory epilepsy. This procedure has largely been supplanted by hemispherotomies, where the pathological hemisphere…
Introduction The rapid pace of development in modern neuromodulation belies the ancient roots of such technology. Scribonius Largus, the Roman court physician, was among the first to describe the relief…
