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Frontal lobe epilepsies are much more complex to investigate than those epilepsies of temporal lobe origin. Rapid diffusion of ictal discharge, typical of frontal lobe epilepsy, often renders a clear definition of the epileptogenic zone impossible unless invasive recordings are performed.1 Even with the use of such invasive techniques, the results of frontal lobe cortectomy are not always satisfactory2 and this is certainly so when compared with the results of temporal lobe cortectomies.
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Giard, N., Rouleau, I., Bouthillier, A., Bouvier, G., Saint-Hilaire, J.M. (1995). Anterior Callosotomy Added to Frontal Lobectomy in Frontal Lobe Epilepsy. In: Reeves, A.G., Roberts, D.W. (eds) Epilepsy and the Corpus Callosum 2. Advances in Behavioral Biology, vol 45. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-1427-9_18
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