Neuropsychological outcomes after pediatric epilepsy surgery: Role of electrical stimulation language mapping

Although epilepsy surgery is focused on achieving seizure freedom, optimal neuropsychological outcomes are equally important for successful social and vocational rehabilitation of the patients [1]. Therefore, evaluation of patients with drug-resistant epilepsy (DRE) includes ascertaining the functional significance of cortex within and adjacent to the seizure-onset zone (SOZ). Many such DRE patients require intracranial EEG, where electrical cortical stimulation mapping (ESM) is considered the gold-standard for localization of speech/language cortical areas [2,3].

Source: Seizure: European Journal of Epilepsy - June 24, 2020 Category: Neurology Authors: Kullasate Sakpichaisakul, Anna W. Byars, Paul S. Horn, Gewalin Aungaroon, Hansel M. Greiner, Francesco T. Mangano, Katherine D. Holland, Ravindra Arya Source Type: research