title: Surgery of central sensory motor and dorsolateral frontal lobe seizures.
abstract: Ten patients who presented with dorsolateral or frontocentral seizures were studied with chronic subdural grid electrodes. Cortical mapping, sensory-evoked potentials and chronic electrocorticography were obtained for each patient. Seizures were classified as focal, regional or dipolar. At the time of explanation, a selective functional corticectomy was performed. Surgical outcome is presented at a mean follow-up of 36 months. Two patients are seizure-free and 7 patients had a significant reduction in seizure frequency. One patient had no change in seizure pattern. Dorsolateral frontal lobe seizures have a focal functional anatomy and can be surgically treated by selective cortectomy.
authors.affiliation: Division of Neurosurgery, UCLA School of Medicine.
authors.forename: M F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Levesque
authors.forename: W W
authors.initials: WW
authors.lastname: Sutherling
authors.forename: P H
authors.initials: PH
authors.lastname: Crandall
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001931:Brain Mapping; D004558:Electric Stimulation; D004569:Electroencephalography; D017034:Epilepsy, Frontal Lobe / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009044:Motor Cortex / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D014055:Tomography, Emission-Computed