title: The evaluation and image-guided surgical treatment of the patient with a medically intractable seizure disorder.
abstract: Over the past decade, there has been a remarkable increase in awareness of the role surgery may play in the management of the patient with medically intractable epilepsy. This article explores the role of emerging interactive image-guided techniques in noninvasive and invasive preoperative seizure evaluation and the planning and execution of surgical treatments.
authors.affiliation: Section of Neurosurgery, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, New Hampshire, USA.
authors.forename: D W
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Roberts
authors.forename: T M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Darcey
mesh_terms: D004827:Epilepsy / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted / Q000295:instrumentation*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000295:instrumentation; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D012086:Reoperation; D012640:Seizures / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D013238:Stereotaxic Techniques / Q000295:instrumentation*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000295:instrumentation