Placement of intracerebral depth electrodes during excisional surgery for epilepsy: value of intraoperative ultrasound.
The authors describe the use of intraoperative US for directing placement of depth electrodes for the localization of seizure foci prior to temporal lobectomy. They used this technique in seven patients (six undergoing temporal and one frontal resection), and encountered no complications.
Altman
N R
NR
Department of Radiology, Miami Children's Hospital, FL 33155.
Duchowny
M S
MS
Jayakar
P
P
Resnick
T J
TJ
Alvarez
L A
LA
Morrison
G
G
D004567:Electrodes, Implanted; D004569:Electroencephalography; D017034:Epilepsy, Frontal Lobe / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D004833:Epilepsy, Temporal Lobe / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D016343:Monitoring, Intraoperative / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D014463:Ultrasonography