Epilepsy is one of the most common neurological chronic disorders, with an estimated
prevalence of 0. 5–1%. Currently, treatment options for epilepsy are predominantly based on …

One-third of persons with epilepsy have seizures despite appropriate medical therapy. Drug
resistant epilepsy (DRE) is associated with neurocognitive and psychological decline, poor …

Objective Neurosurgery is a safe and effective form of treatment for select children with drug‐
resistant epilepsy. Still, there is concern that it remains underutilized, and that seizure …

Abstract Interictal High Frequency Oscillations (HFO) are measurable in scalp EEG. This
development has aroused interest in investigating their potential as biomarkers of …

OBJECTIVE In children with drug-resistant epilepsy (DRE), resective, ablative, and
disconnective surgery may not be feasible or may fail. Neuromodulation in the form of deep …

Interventions focused on utilization of epilepsy surgery can be divided into groups: those that
improve patients' access to surgical evaluation and those that facilitate completion of the …

Abstract In 2009, the Commission for Epilepsy Surgery of the Italian League Against
Epilepsy (LICE) conducted an overview about the techniques used for the pre-surgical …

With their 'all-or-none'action potential responses, single neurons (or units) are accepted as
the basic computational unit of the brain. There is extensive animal literature to support the …

Objective To determine whether an ictal electroencephalographic (EEG) recording as part of
presurgical evaluation of children with a demarcated single unilateral magnetic resonance …

Introduction Focal epilepsy constitutes the most common epilepsy in children, and medical
treatment represents the first-line therapy in this condition. The main goal of medical …