Epilepsy surgery: non-invasive versus invasive focus localization. What is needed from the neurosurgical point of view.
This paper discusses the place of non-invasive and invasive methods of investigation in the selection of patients for temporal lobe resection. Two series from the same department are compared and the relationship of the outcome to pathology is also discussed.
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Neurosurgical Unit, Maudsley Hospital, London, England.
D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D004833:Epilepsy, Temporal Lobe / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D011300:Preoperative Care; D011379:Prognosis