1935
Placement of intracranial strip and grid electrodes for recording cortical electrocorticography (ECOG) has become an important component in the workup of patients who are considered for resective epilepsy surgery. Foerster and Altenburger reported the first use of this form of invasive monitoring in 1935 1)
Publications
Deschweinitz GE. THE RELATION OF OPHTHALMOLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY: SOME REMINISCENCES. Ann Surg. 1935 Jan;101(1):64-75. PubMed PMID: 17856496; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC1391088 2).
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Foerster O, Altenburger H. Elektrobiologische Vorgange an der menschlichen Hirrinde. Dtsch Z Nervenheilk. 1935;135:277–88.
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Deschweinitz GE. THE RELATION OF OPHTHALMOLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY: SOME
REMINISCENCES. Ann Surg. 1935 Jan;101(1):64-75. PubMed PMID: 17856496; PubMed
Central PMCID: PMC1391088.