title: Intractable pediatric epilepsy: presurgical evaluation.
abstract: Epilepsy surgery in children requires a multidisciplinary approach. This section examines the role of scalp EEG, video-EEG monitoring, and intracranial EEG in the presurgical evaluation. Concepts central to understanding the basis for surgical treatment, such as the epileptogenic zone, the irritative zone, and the epileptogenic lesion, are discussed. An illustrative case then demonstrates application of the process in clinical practice. Neuroimaging and neuropsychological issues are not discussed herein; rather they are addressed elsewhere in this issue.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, University of Wisconsin, Madison 53792-5132, USA.
authors.forename: R D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Sheth
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000927:Anticonvulsants / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004361:Drug Tolerance; D004569:Electroencephalography / Q000379:methods; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology; D017034:Epilepsy, Frontal Lobe / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000601:surgery; D005625:Frontal Lobe / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D019635:Neurosurgical Procedures; D013702:Temporal Lobe / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000601:surgery; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D020535:Video-Assisted Surgery
chemical_list: D000927:Anticonvulsants