“Cavernous Sinus EEG”: A New Method for the Preoperative Evaluation of Temporal Lobe Epilepsy

Summary: Purpose: In presurgical evaluation of temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE), invasive methods are necessary if results of various noninvasive methods are not sufficiently convergent enough to identify the epileptogenic area accurately. To detect the epileptiform discharges originating specifically from the mesial temporal lobe, we applied the cavernous sinus catheterization technique.

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