EEG for epilepsy surgery
The EEG a surgeon needs before the epileptogenic zone becomes an operative plan — where the signal comes from, what is artifact, which patterns matter, how far scalp localization can honestly be pushed, and what intracranial recording adds. Society and journal sources only.
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Stage 1 · Where the signal actually comes from
The generator, the montage, and what an electrode can see
3The standards, from the bodies that issue them
3- 4ACNS practice guidelinesacns.org
- 5ILAE guidelines and reportsilae.org
- 6EpilepsyDiagnosis.org — the ILAE diagnostic manualepilepsydiagnosis.org
Stage 2 · Normal, and the things that only look abnormal
Artifact, case by case
4- 7EEG artifacts - Case 1: #12 ILAE-AO & ASEPA EEG teaching courseyoutube.com
- 8EEG artifacts - Case 2-5: #13 ILAE-AO & ASEPA EEG teaching courseyoutube.com
- 9EEG artifacts - Case 6-9: #14 ILAE-AO & ASEPA EEG teaching courseyoutube.com
- 10EEG artifacts - Case 10 and conclusion: #15 ILAE-AO & ASEPA EEG teaching courseyoutube.com
Abnormal, but not epileptiform
4- 11Non-epileptiform EEG abnormalities – Slow activities: #6 ILAE-AO & ASEPA EEG teaching courseyoutube.com
- 12Non-epileptiform EEG abnormalities – Amplitude abnormalities: #7 ILAE-AO & ASEPA EEG teaching courseyoutube.com
- 13Non-epileptiform EEG abnormalities – Periodic patterns: #8 ILAE-AO & ASEPA EEG teaching courseyoutube.com
- 14Intermittent Photic Stimulation - #22 ILAE-AO & ASEPA EEG teaching courseyoutube.com
Stage 3 · The patterns, and the syndromes they belong to
Syndromes across the lifespan
5- 15Age-dependent EEG change in children – neonatal: #1 ILAE-AO & ASEPA EEG teaching courseyoutube.com
- 16Age-dependent EEG change in children – infant and children: #2 ILAE-AO & ASEPA EEG teaching courseyoutube.com
- 17Epilepsy syndrome in infancy: #3 ILAE-AO & ASEPA EEG teaching courseyoutube.com
- 18Epilepsy syndrome in childhood: #4 ILAE-AO & ASEPA EEG teaching courseyoutube.com
- 19Epilepsy syndrome in adolescence: #5 ILAE-AO & ASEPA EEG teaching courseyoutube.com
The neonatal and infant record
4- 20Abnormal EEG in newborns and infants - EEG maturation: #16 ILAE-AO & ASEPA EEG teaching courseyoutube.com
- 21Abnormal EEG in newborns and infants - Abnormal part 1: #17 ILAE-AO & ASEPA EEG teaching courseyoutube.com
- 22Abnormal EEG in newborns and infants - Abnormal part 2: #18 ILAE-AO & ASEPA EEG teaching courseyoutube.com
- 23Abnormal EEG in newborns and infants - Abnormal part 3: #19 ILAE-AO & ASEPA EEG teaching courseyoutube.com
The ILAE classification, as published
6- 24Seizure classification — overviewepilepsydiagnosis.org
- 25Epilepsy classification — overviewepilepsydiagnosis.org
- 26Focal seizures — overviewepilepsydiagnosis.org
- 27Focal aware seizuresepilepsydiagnosis.org
- 28Focal impaired awareness seizuresepilepsydiagnosis.org
- 29Focal to bilateral tonic-clonic seizuresepilepsydiagnosis.org
Stage 4 · Localizing from the scalp, and knowing when you cannot
Semiology by lobe, from the ILAE diagnostic manual
5- 30Hemispheric localizationepilepsydiagnosis.org
- 31Frontal lobe seizuresepilepsydiagnosis.org
- 32Temporal lobe seizuresepilepsydiagnosis.org
- 33Parietal lobe seizuresepilepsydiagnosis.org
- 34Occipital lobe seizuresepilepsydiagnosis.org
The signs the semiology turns on
3- 35Motor onset seizuresepilepsydiagnosis.org
- 36Autonomic onset seizuresepilepsydiagnosis.org
- 37Cognitive onset seizuresepilepsydiagnosis.org
Records read aloud by the people who read them
5- 38AES Professors Rounds: Video EEG Casesyoutube.com
- 39AES Professors Rounds: Adult Epilepsy Case Studiesyoutube.com
- 40A case of familial hyperkinetic seizures: Diagnosis and management - Part 1youtube.com
- 41A case of familial hyperkinetic seizures: Diagnosis and management - Part 2youtube.com
- 42A case of familial hyperkinetic seizures: Diagnosis and management - Part 3youtube.com
Stage 5 · Intracranial recording, and the operation it justifies
Deciding to implant, and what to implant
4- 43Epilepsy Surgery Part I, Surgical Decision Making | ASSFN Webinaryoutube.com
- 44Epilepsy Surgery Part 2: Intracranial EEG and Surgical Planning | ASSFN Webinaryoutube.com
- 45AES Professor's Rounds: Epilepsy Surgery Case Conferenceyoutube.com
- 46Treatment of Non-lesional Epilepsy with Orrin Devinsky, M.D.youtube.com
SEEG, in the literature and in the theatre
4- 47Convergence of Stereotactic Surgery and Epilepsy: The Stereoelectroencephalography Methodyoutube.com
- 48Stereoelectroencephalography: retrospective analysis of 742 procedures in a single centreyoutube.com
- 49New Developments in Epilepsy Surgery Dr. Dennis Spenceryoutube.com
- 50sEEG for polymicrogyria and schizocephaly - #21 ILAE-AO & ASEPA EEG teaching courseyoutube.com
Beyond the adult temporal lobe
6- 51Vertical perithalamic hemispherotomy - #20 ILAE-AO & ASEPA EEG teaching courseyoutube.com
- 52Pediatric epilepsy surgery - #23 ILAE-AO & ASEPA EEG teaching courseyoutube.com
- 53Challenges of Pediatric Epilepsy Surgeryyoutube.com
- 54ROSA; Laser Ablations and ANT DBS | ASSFN Webinaryoutube.com
- 55Advanced Neuromodulation | ASSFN Epilepsy Surgery Webinar Seriesyoutube.com
- 56Hal Blumenfeld, M.D., Ph.D. speaks on: Networks in Cognition and Epilepsy Surgeryyoutube.com
The series these talks come from
2How to use this path
1- 59This is an orientation to the sources, not a clinical reference