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Presurgical Evaluation of Patients With Epilepsy: The Wada Test

Phoebe Wing-hei Leung1†, Eric Chun-kwong Chung2

1Resident, Department of Anaesthesiology & Operating Theatre Services, Queen Elizabeth Hospital,Hong Kong

2Associate Consultant, Department of Anaesthesiology, Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong

Edited by: Dr. Clara Ching-mei Poon, Honorary Clinical Associate Professor, the University of Hong Kong, Consultant, Department of Anaesthesiology, Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong; Guest editor:  Dr. LashmiVenkatraghavan,  Associate Professor,  University of Toronto, Director of Neuroanaesthesia, Department of Anaesthesia and Pain Medicine, Toronto Western Hospital, Canada

†Corresponding author e-mail: leungpwh93@gmail.com

DOI: 10.28923/atotw.474

Published June 21, 2022

Abstract

The Wada test is one of the diagnostic tests performed in the presurgical evaluation of patients with medically refractory epilepsy that is amenable to surgical treatment. This article introduces the background of Wada testing, how it is done, its limitations, and the anaesthetic management of patients undergoing this test.

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