10.1055/b-0034-84123 13 Preoperative Neuropsychological and Cognitive AssessmentBoyer, Katrina M. Neuropsychological assessment has become standard practice in preparation for epilepsy surgery, although the reasons for such assessment have changed over time…
10.1055/b-0034-84118 8 Structural Brain Imaging in EpilepsyRaybaud, Charles, Widjaja, Elysa Epilepsy is a common problem, with a prevalence of 0.4 to 1% of the population. Epilepsies and epileptic syndromes are…
10.1055/b-0034-84122 12 Wada Testing in Pediatric EpilepsyLoring, David W., Lee, Gregory P. The Wada test is an essential component of the pre-operative evaluation of epilepsy patients at most epilepsy surgery…
10.1055/b-0034-84119 9 Functional MRI in Pediatric Epilepsy SurgeryBaldeweg, Torsten, Liégeois, Frédérique Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) has rapidly entered the armory of imaging methods available for the management of patients…
10.1055/b-0034-84116 6 Extra-operative and Intra-operative Electrical StimulationTuxhorn, Ingrid The surgical resection of epileptic tissue is an established treatment for patients with intractable focal epilepsy and has become an important field…
10.1055/b-0034-84117 7 MagnetoencephalographyOtsubo, Hiroshi, Ochi, Ayako, Snead, O. Carter III Localization-related epilepsy refractory to antiepileptic drugs in children is more often associated with an extratemporal epileptogenic focus than that seen…
10.1055/b-0034-84114 4 EEG and Noninvasive Electrophysiological MonitoringEksioglu, Yaman, Riviello, James J. Jr. The goal of epilepsy surgery is to locate and resect the epileptic focus without losing any cortical function….
10.1055/b-0034-84115 5 Invasive Electrophysiological MonitoringJayakar, Prasanna, Miller, Ian The primary goal of the presurgical evaluation for intractable epilepsy is to accurately define the epileptogenic region (ER). The ER is mainly…
10.1055/b-0034-84112 3 Epilepsy Surgery for Congenital or Early LesionsMoosa, Ahsan N. V., Loddenkemper, Tobias, Wyllie, Elaine Identification of candidates for epilepsy surgery was originally derived from experience in adult and…
10.1055/b-0034-84111 2 Intractable Epilepsy in Children and Selection of Surgical CandidatesEksioglu, Yaman, Riviello, James J. Jr. Surgery for childhood epilepsy is now considered an established treatment for medically refractory seizures.1–3…
