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The diagnostic informations which are necessary to the neurosurgeon facing the problem of treating the epileptic patient are many. First of all those necessary to decide whether surgery is indicated or not. Second, there are the diagnostic findings which help in the selection of the best type of treatment; indeed, as we shall see during the second part of the day, there are several different surgical modalities to treat epilepsy, each one based on different rationales or principles. Third, there are the findings used to plan the details of the selected surgical approach.
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Rossi, G.F. (1984). Progress in Diagnosis in View of Surgical Treatment of the Epileptic Patient. In: Gybels, J., Hitchcock, E.R., Ostertag, C., Rossi, G.F., Siegfried, J., Szikla, G. (eds) Advances in Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery 6. Acta Neurochirurgica, vol 33. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-8726-5_1
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