Experiences of awake surgery in non-tumoural epilepsy in eloquent localizations

• Background: Whilst modern awake intraoperative mapping has been widely accepted and implemented in the last decades in neuro-oncology, sparse reports have been published on the safety and efficiency of this approach in epilepsy surgery. Method: This article reports four cases with different locations of epileptogenic zones as examples of possible safe and efficient resections. Result: The results of the resections on seizure control were Engel 1 (no disabling seizures) in all cases and no patient experienced significant neurological deficits. Discussion: The discussion focuses on aspects of the future of epilepsy surgery in a hodotopical paradigm.

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MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP  -- Klinisk medicin -- Neurologi (hsv//swe)

MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES  -- Clinical Medicine -- Neurology (hsv//eng)

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Awake craniotomy; Epilepsy; Eloquent cortex; Hodotopy; Neurocognitive intraoperative examination

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