Neurológia pre prax 1/2018

Stereotactic epilepsy surgery

The reason for introduction of novel therapies in epilepsy surgery is invasiveness and adverse effects of existing therapies. In clinical epileptology, radiosurgical, radiofrequency, laser, and ultrasound ablations have been used. The article summarizes contemporary literary data and, in case of radiosurgery and radiofrequency ablations, personal experience with these methods.

Keywords: epilepsy surgery, laser, radiosurgery, stereotaxy, thermolesion, ultrasound