Development of invasive EEG in epilepsy surgery (review)

Abstract

There are different diagnostic methods that used for localization of the seizure onset zone in focal refractory epilepsy cases. Invasive video-EEG recording is the «gold standard» in determining the epileptogenic zone among other diagnostic methods. Invasive EEG already has a long history of using. This article provides historical review and analysis of the techniques, their advantages and disadvantages, current issues.

Keywords

• epilepsy
• eeg
• invasive video-eeg monitoring
• stereo-eeg
• subdural eeg monitoring