Consensus-based guidelines for Video EEG monitoring in the pre-surgical evaluation of children with epilepsy in the UK

摘要

Purpose: Paediatric Epilepsy surgery in the UK has recently been centralised in order to improve expertise and quality of service available to children. Video EEG monitoring or telemetry is a highly specialised and a crucial component of the pre-surgical evaluation. Although many Epilepsy Monitoring Units work to certain standards, there is no national or international guideline for paediatric video telemetry.