Grid implantation in seizure patients. A method to identify the epileptic focus.
Patients with epilepsy face many medical and social obstacles. The fortunate ones have their seizures controlled by medication, enabling them to have a normal life-style. Others may benefit from grid implantation followed by excision of the seizure focus.
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Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore.
D001931:Brain Mapping / Q000379:methods*; D003422:Critical Care; D004567:Electrodes, Implanted; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000451:nursing / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007430:Intraoperative Care; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic; D011182:Postoperative Care; D011300:Preoperative Care