Abstract
The routine EEG study may prove inadequate in selected patients with recurrent and unprovoked seizures. Video-EEG monitoring is an important diagnostic innovation that may be used to confirm the diagnosis of a seizure disorder and classify seizure type. The methodologies and clinical applications of video-EEG monitoring are reviewed. Long-term EEG recordings may be performed as an outpatient or in an epilepsy monitoring unit. Potential techniques for video-EEG monitoring include prolonged conventional routine EEG, ambulatory EEG, and computer-assisted EEG recordings. Periictal SPECT studies performed during long-term EEG recordings in the epilepsy monitoring unit may increase the diagnostic yield of a presurgical evaluation. Video-EEG monitoring is essential for surgical localization in patients with intractable partial epilepsy being considered for a focal cortical resection. The studies may also be necessary to confirm the presence of nonepileptical clinical episodes.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 80-93 |
| Number of pages | 14 |
| Journal | Epilepsia |
| Volume | 43 |
| Issue number | SUPPL. 3 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 2002 |
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Keywords
- Diagnostic classification
- Long-term EEG
- Surgical localization
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Clinical Neurology
- Neuroscience(all)
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Video-EEG monitoring in adults. / Cascino, Gregory D.
In: Epilepsia, Vol. 43, No. SUPPL. 3, 2002, p. 80-93.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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