Critical remarks on the stereotaxic treatment of epilepsy.
The analysis of experiences with 43 patients treated stereotaxically for epilepsy, shows that the stereotaxic method can play an important role 1) in the investigation of the structures in epileptic activity; 2) in proper management of these cases. According to deep electrode records, the epileptic focus seems to be like a system of anatomical structures, which are functionally interdependent, and its relationship can be plotted on a schematic graph, which must be calculated in the strategy of treatment with the combined performances. In spite of this results are not satisfactory. New methodological approaches should be devised, such as longitudinal stereotaxic hippocampectomia, which is suggested as promising.
D001933:Brain Stem / Q000601:surgery; D004567:Electrodes, Implanted; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007031:Hypothalamus / Q000601:surgery; D008722:Methods; D013238:Stereotaxic Techniques