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Diagnosis and Treatment

Diagnostic Tools

  • Electroencephalogram (EEG)
  • Ambulatory EEG (AEEG)
  • Intracranial EEG
  • Stereo EEG and Robot-assisted Stereo EEG
  • Epilepsy Monitoring Unit (EMU)
  • MRI (magnetic resonance imaging)
  • SPECT (single photon emission computed tomography)
  • PET (positron emission tomography)
  • MEG (magnetoencephalography)
  • Brain Electrical Source Analysis
  • TMS (Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation, ‘NexStim’)
  • WADA test
  • Neuropsychological Evaluation

Treatment Options

  • Pharmacologic
  • Ketogenic Diet: standard, modified Atkin’s, low-glycemic index
  • Surgery
    • Curative
      • Focal Cortical Resection
      • Hemispherectomy, Hemispherotomy
      • Minimally Invasive Laser Ablation (thermocoagulation)
      • Frameless Stereotactic Image Guidance
      • Lobectomy – temporal, frontal, other
      • TPO (Temporal-Parietal-Occipital) Disconnection
      • Awake Craniotomy
      • Brain Mapping – intra & extra operative
    • Palliative
      • Neurostimulation Therapy
        • Vagus Nerve Stimulation
        • Responsive Neurostimulation
        • Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation
      • Multiple subpial transection (MST)
      • Stereotactic Radiosurgery
      • Corpus Callosotomy (open, laser, or radiosurgical)
    • Post-operative Care (pediatric neurocritical care unit)

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