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Overview of presurgical assessment and surgical treatment of epilepsy from the Italian League Against Epilepsy
Author(s) -
Guerrini Renzo,
Scerrati Massimo,
Rubboli Guido,
Esposito Vincenzo,
Colicchio Gabriella,
Cossu Massimo,
Marras Carlo Efisio,
Tassi Laura,
Tinuper Paolo,
Paola Canevini Maria,
Quarato Pierpaolo,
Giordano Flavio,
Granata Tiziana,
Villani Flavio,
Giulioni Marco,
Scarpa Pina,
Barbieri Valentina,
Bottini Gabriella,
Del Sole Angelo,
Vatti Giampaolo,
Spreafico Roberto,
Lo Russo Giorgio
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
epilepsia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.687
H-Index - 191
eISSN - 1528-1167
pISSN - 0013-9580
DOI - 10.1111/epi.12308
Subject(s) - epilepsy , epilepsy surgery , medicine , drug resistant epilepsy , medical physics , psychiatry
Summary The Commission for Epilepsy Surgery of the Italian League Against Epilepsy ( LICE ) presents an overview of the techniques and methodologies of presurgical evaluation and of the surgical treatment of epilepsies. This overview is the result of the experience developed in the past years in the major Italian centers where programs of epilepsy surgery have been established, and it has the aim of offering a quick and easy reference tool for those involved in the treatment of patients with epilepsy. The sharing of different experiences has the additional aim of conforming and disseminating the employed techniques as well as the methods of selection and evaluation of patients. The synthetic coverage of the main issues concerning the presurgical workup and the available surgical options will hopefully provide a framework that may integrate and develop the contributions of every single center, in one of the more complex, challenging, and dynamic areas of neurological sciences.