Lateralization of mesial temporal lobe epilepsy with chronic ambulatory electrocorticography.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Patients with suspected mesial temporal lobe (MTL) epilepsy typically undergo inpatient video-electroencephalography (EEG) monitoring with scalp and/or intracranial electrodes for 1 to 2 weeks to localize and lateralize the seizure focus or foci. Chronic ambulatory electrocorticography (ECoG) in patients with MTL epilepsy may provide additional information about seizure lateralization. This analysis describes data obtained from chronic ambulatory ECoG in patients with suspected bilateral MTL epilepsy in order to assess the time required to determine the seizure lateralization and whether this information could influence treatment decisions.

Methods

Ambulatory ECoG was reviewed in patients with suspected bilateral MTL epilepsy who were among a larger cohort with int

SUBMITTER: King-Stephens D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4676303 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature