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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Epilepsy Behav. 2018 Feb 2;80:68–74. doi: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2017.12.041

Figure 1. A modern epilepsy surgery treatment algorithm.

Figure 1

The algorithm begins with noninvasive surgical evaluation (A), and the includes treatment of generalized or multifocal epilepsy (B), invasive monitoring decisions (C), and treatment of neocortical (D) or mesial temporal lobe (E) epilepsy. AED: anti-epileptic drug; ATL: anterior temporal lobectomy; EEG: electroencephalography; EZ: epileptogenic zone; fMRI: functional magnetic resonance imaging; LITT: laser interstitial thermal therapy; MEG: magnetoencephalography; MRI: magnetic resonance imaging; MST: multiple subpial transections; PET: position emission tomography; RNS: responsive neurostimulation; SAH: selective amygdalo-hippocampectomy; SDE: subdural electrodes; SEEG: stereotactic electroencephalography; SPECT: single-photon emission computed tomography; SRS: stereotactic radiosurgery