The evaluation and image-guided surgical treatment of the patient with a medically intractable seizure disorder

Neurosurg Clin N Am. 1996 Apr;7(2):215-27.

Abstract

Over the past decade, there has been a remarkable increase in awareness of the role surgery may play in the management of the patient with medically intractable epilepsy. This article explores the role of emerging interactive image-guided techniques in noninvasive and invasive preoperative seizure evaluation and the planning and execution of surgical treatments.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Epilepsy / etiology
  • Epilepsy / surgery*
  • Humans
  • Image Processing, Computer-Assisted / instrumentation*
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging / instrumentation
  • Postoperative Complications / etiology
  • Postoperative Complications / surgery
  • Reoperation
  • Seizures / etiology
  • Seizures / surgery*
  • Stereotaxic Techniques / instrumentation*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed / instrumentation