title: Proceedings from the Workshop on Palliative Epilepsy Surgery: Why, when, how?: Organized by Marina Casazza and Giovanni Broggi on February 2-3, 2012, in Milano, Italy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Fondazione Istituto Neurologico C. Besta, Milano, Italy. Electronic address: michele.rizzi@live.it.
authors.forename: Michele
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rizzi
authors.forename: Marina
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Casazza
authors.forename: Giovanni
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Broggi
mesh_terms: D046690:Deep Brain Stimulation; D004493:Education; D004569:Electroencephalography; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D038421:Hemispherectomy; D006801:Humans; D009493:Neurosurgery; D010166:Palliative Care
keywords: AED; Antiepileptic drug; CM; Centromedianus (nucleus of thalamus); DBS; DRE; DTI; Deep brain stimulation; Diffusion tensor imaging; Disconnection; Drug-resistant epilepsy; EEG; Electroencephalography; Hemispherotomy; LG; Lennox-Gastaut; MRI; MST; Magnetic resonance imaging; Multiple subpial transection; NTS; Nucleus tractus solitarius; RNS; Responsive Neurostimulator (trial); SANTE; Stimulation of the Anterior Nucleus of the Thalamus for Epilepsy (trial); TC; Thalamocortical; VNS; Vagus nerve stimulation