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Do we still need invasive recordings? If so for how much longer?

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Introduction

This paper was presented at the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery Meeting in Cape Town in October 2008 during the post-meeting Focus Session on Intraoperative Neurophysiology.

Discussion

It reflects the personal views of the author and is intended as a pragmatic approach to cases where a non-invasive pre-surgical evaluation has not been successful in localising the epileptogenic zone. It is based on the experience of the multi-disciplinary team at Great Ormond Street Hospital without whose support none of the surgical work would be possible.

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Harkness, W. Do we still need invasive recordings? If so for how much longer?. Childs Nerv Syst 26, 503–511 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00381-010-1094-1

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