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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2008-6-16
pubmed:abstractText
Twenty-six Austrian, Dutch, German, and Swiss epilepsy centers were asked to report on use of the Wada test (intracarotid amobarbital procedure, IAP) from 2000 to 2005 and to give their opinion regarding its role in the presurgical diagnosis of epilepsy. Sixteen of the 23 centers providing information had performed 1421 Wada tests, predominantly the classic bilateral procedure (73%). A slight nonsignificant decrease over time in Wada test frequency, despite slightly increasing numbers of resective procedures, could be observed. Complication rates were relatively low (1.09%; 0.36% with permanent deficit). Test protocols were similar even though no universal standard protocol exists. Clinicians rated the Wada test as having good reliability and validity for language determination, whereas they questioned its reliability and validity for memory lateralization. Several noninvasive functional imaging techniques are already in use. However, clinicians currently do not want to rely solely on noninvasive functional imaging in all patients.
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
1525-5069
pubmed:author
pubmed-author:AlphertsW C JWC, pubmed-author:Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Prächirurgische Epilepsiediagnostik und..., pubmed-author:BaumPP, pubmed-author:BenkeTT, pubmed-author:BoasW van EmdeWE, pubmed-author:BoesebeckFF, pubmed-author:FreitagHH, pubmed-author:HaagAA, pubmed-author:HamerH MHM, pubmed-author:HelmstaedterCC, pubmed-author:HoppPP, pubmed-author:HufnagelAA, pubmed-author:JokeitHH, pubmed-author:KnakeSS, pubmed-author:LercheHH, pubmed-author:MütingDD, pubmed-author:MayerTT, pubmed-author:MeenckeH-JHJ, pubmed-author:MeierkordHH, pubmed-author:NoachtarSS, pubmed-author:PauliEE, pubmed-author:ROUTW RWR, pubmed-author:RosenowFF, pubmed-author:RungeUU, pubmed-author:SchulzRR, pubmed-author:Schulze-BonhageAA, pubmed-author:StephanoSS, pubmed-author:TrinkaEE, pubmed-author:UrbachHH, pubmed-author:UttnerII, pubmed-author:VulliemozSS, pubmed-author:WagnerKK, pubmed-author:WellmerJJ, pubmed-author:WerhahnKK, pubmed-author:WiegandGG, pubmed-author:WieserH GHG
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
13
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
83-9
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2008
pubmed:articleTitle
The Wada test in Austrian, Dutch, German, and Swiss epilepsy centers from 2000 to 2005: a review of 1421 procedures.
pubmed:affiliation
Interdisciplinary Epilepsy Center at the University Hospitals Giessen and Marburg, Germany. haag@staff.uni-marburg.de
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Review, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't