Epilepsy surgery

Indications: tumours

• Low-grade astrocytomas
• Oligodendrogliomas
• Gangliogliomas
• Meningiomas
• Dysembryoplastic neuroepithelial tumours (DNETs)

Indications: others

Epilepsy surgical procedures

Pre-surgical imaging

Pre-surgical neurophysiology

Outcomes of epilepsy surgery

Predictors of good outcome

Complications

Acronyms

References

1. Kelly KM, Chung SS. Surgical treatment for refractory epilepsy: review of patient evaluation and surgical options. Epilepsy Res Treat 2011; 2011:303624.
2. Duncan JS, Winston GP, Koepp MJ, Ourselin S. Brain imaging in the assessment for epilepsy surgery. Lancet Neurol 2016; 15:420-433.
3. Zhang G, Meng D, Liu Y, Yang K, Chen J, Su L, Zhang Z, Chen G. Epileptic zone resection for magnetic resonance imaging-negative refractory epilepsy originating from the primary motor cortex. World Neurosurg 2017; 102:434-441.
4. Kim DW, Lee SK, Moon HJ, Jung KY, Chu K, Chung CK. Surgical treatment of nonlesional neocortical epilepsy: long-term longitudinal study. JAMA Neurol 2017; 74:324-331.
5. Noe K, Sulc V, Wong-Kisiel L, et al. Long-term outcomes after nonlesional extratemporal lobe epilepsy surgery. JAMA Neurol 2013; 70:1003-1008. 
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