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Magnetoencephalography (MEG) Augments Semiology in Stereotactic Electroencephalography (SEEG) Evaluations.

Andrew J Zillgitt, Garnett C Smith, David E Burdette, Cesar A Serrano Almeida, Anant Krishnan, Michael D Staudt, Paul Ferrari

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Andrew J ZillgittDepartment of Neurology, Corewell Health William Beaumont University Hospital, Royal Oak, MI 48073, USA.ORCID 0009-0003-4951-0503
Garnett C SmithDepartment of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Neurology, Corewell Health William Beaumont University Hospital Florence and Richard McGrien Pediatric Neuroscience Center, Royal Oak, MI 48073, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7171-8333
David E BurdetteDepartment of Neurosciences, Corewell Health and Michigan State University College of Human Medicine, Grand Rapids, MI 49503, USA.
Cesar A Serrano AlmeidaDepartment of Neurological Surgery, Corewell Health William Beaumont University Hospital Florence and Richard McGrien Pediatric Neuroscience Center, Royal Oak, MI 48073, USA.
Anant KrishnanDepartment of Diagnostic Radiology, Corewell Health William Beaumont University Hospital, Royal Oak, MI 48073, USA.
Michael D StaudtDepartment of Neurological Surgery, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-9123-136X
Paul FerrariDepartment of Neurosciences, Corewell Health and Michigan State University College of Human Medicine, Grand Rapids, MI 49503, USA.

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Abstract

The foundation of a successful stereotactic electroencephalography (SEEG) evaluation has remained relatively unchanged since the first SEEG implantation in 1957 and is predicated on a robust semiology-driven hypothesis. Although epilepsy presurgical evaluation has expanded since the 1950s with the introduction of new technology, e.g., brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), few, if any, noninvasive diagnostic studies provide significant complementary information to the epilepsy presurgical evaluation as magnetoencephalography (MEG). As SEEG becomes increasingly ubiquitous as the intracranial EEG modality of choice for more comprehensive epilepsy centers, the importance of MEG in the epilepsy presurgical evaluation also increases. In this review, the use of MEG in addition to seizure semiology in the development of an SEEG implantation strategy will be reviewed and illustrated with two representative cases. Finally, within this review, epilepsy surgical outcomes from presurgical evaluations that incorporated MEG will be discussed.

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epilepsy surgerymagnetoencephalography (MEG)semiologystereotactic electroencephalography (SEEG)

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PMID42651089
PMCPMC13510708

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