Wellmer, Jorg

Ruhr-Epileptology, Department of Neurology, University Hospital Knappschaftskrankenhaus Bochum, Ruhr-University Bochum, Bochum, Germany

[ 1 ] - O4: Decision Making in Adult Epilepsy Surgery

In case of pharmacoresistance of focal epilepsy, patients may benefit from surgical removal, deafferentiation or coagulation of the epileptogenic zone. The algorithm for identifying the epileptogenic zone and the application of different examination techniques have to be tailored for each individual patient. This lecture demonstrates the principles of presurgical work-up in adult epilepsy patient…

[ 2 ] - O7: Epilepsy and Imaging (Outpatient and Presurgery)

Cerebral structural imaging (CCT, MRI) frequently allows revealing the cause of first seizures or epilepsy and thereby the necessity or the option for causal treatment. However, on “standard brain” MRI scans requested by non-specialized physician's subtle epileptogenic lesions are frequently missed. This lecture 1) explains an epilepsy specific MRI protocol and points 2) to the importance of prec…

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