Commentary Open Access
Volume 1 | Issue 2 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.33696/Neurol.1.009
To Stick or Not to Stick? Scalp and Intracranial EEG Evaluation Both Help Achieve Good Surgical and Neuropsychiatric Outcomes in Epilepsy Surgery up to 20 Years Post-Surgery
Arun Swaminathan1*, Kathryn Davis2, Brian Litt2, Ammar Kheder2, Jay Pathmanathan2
- 1University of Nebraska Medical Center, Epilepsy Division, Omaha, NE 68198, USA
- 2University of Pennsylvania Hospital, Epilepsy Division, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
Corresponding Author
Arun Swaminathan, arun.swaminathan@unmc.edu
Received Date: April 25, 2020
Accepted Date: May 20, 2020
Swaminathan A, Davis K, Litt B, Kheder A, Pathmanathan J. To Stick or Not to Stick? Scalp and Intracranial EEG Evaluation Both Help Achieve Good Surgical and Neuropsychiatric Outcomes in Epilepsy Surgery up to 20 Years Post-Surgery. J Exp Neurol. 2020;1(2): 43-49.
Copyright: © 2020 Swaminathan A, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Keywords
Epilepsy surgery, Cognitive outcomes, Seizure freedom, Electrocrotocography
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