PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - C D Binnie
AU  - R D Elwes
AU  - C E Polkey
AU  - A Volans
TI  - Utility of stereoelectroencephalography in preoperative assessment of temporal lobe epilepsy.
AID  - 10.1136/jnnp.57.1.58
DP  - 1994 Jan 01
TA  - Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry
PG  - 58--65
VI  - 57
IP  - 1
4099  - http://jnnp.bmj.com/content/57/1/58.short
4100  - http://jnnp.bmj.com/content/57/1/58.full
SO  - J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry1994 Jan 01; 57
AB  - Of 269 consecutive patients entered into a preoperative assessment programme for possible surgical treatment of epilepsy, 33 had intracranial recording (SEEG) with combined subdural and depth electrodes for the purpose of localising a suspected temporal site of seizure onset. The findings in these patients are analysed with particular reference to: 1) the criteria of selection for SEEG and their validity; 2) information on SEEG compared with that obtained by less invasive means, including foramen ovale telemetry; 3) information on the use of intracerebral electrodes compared with subdural placements; 4) possible predictors of failure of localisation by SEEG and of surgical outcome. It was concluded that SEEG had usefully contributed to the management of 69% of the patients in whom it was used, establishing a previously unidentified site of seizure onset in 33%, correcting an erroneous localisation in 15%, and establishing inoperability in 21% of patients. No predictors of failure of SEEG or of surgery emerged; thus there was no evidence of unnecessary use of this procedure. Five patients were found with incorrect lateralisation of seizure onset on foramen ovale recording (of a total of 192 foramen ovale telemetries). Localisation of the ictal onset zone either by the distribution of inter-ictal discharges or by the initial ictal changes at subdural electrodes was unreliable, confirming the need for ictal, depth recordings.