Vagus nerve stimulation in refractory idiopathic generalised epilepsy: An Irish retrospective observational study

J Peña-Ceballos, PB Moloney, A Valentin… - … : European Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Objective Refractory idiopathic generalised epilepsy (IGE; also known as genetic
generalised epilepsy) is a clinical challenge due to limited available therapeutic options …

[HTML][HTML] Medial Pulvinar stimulation in temporal lobe epilepsy: a literature review and a hypothesis based on neuroanatomical findings

T Kalamatianos, G Mavrovounis, P Skouras, D Pandis… - Cureus, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
While bilateral stimulation of the anterior thalamic nuclei remains the only approved deep
brain stimulation (DBS) option for focal epilepsy, two additional thalamic targets have been …

Neurostimulation for Generalized Epilepsy: Should Therapy be Syndrome-specific?

AEL Warren, S Tobochnik, MMJ Chua… - Neurosurgery …, 2024 - neurosurgery.theclinics.com
One-third of people with epilepsy have generalized onset seizures, 1, 2 which appear to
begin in both hemispheres simultaneously on scalp electroencephalography (EEG). This …

Long‐term efficacy of deep brain stimulation of the subthalamic nucleus in patients with pharmacologically intractable epilepsy: A case series of six patients

Z Cui, J Wang, Z Mao, Z Ling, J Zhang… - Epileptic …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Objective Epilepsy is one of the widespread neurological illnesses, and about 20%–40% of
epilepsy patients are pharmacoresistant. We aimed to assess the long‐term efficacy of …

Frameless robot-assisted asleep centromedian thalamic nucleus deep brain stimulation surgery in patients with drug-resistant epilepsy: technical description and …

C Wang, J Hong, Z Mao, W Chen, B Chen… - Neurology and …, 2023 - Springer
Introduction This purpose of this work is to give a detailed description of a surgical technique
for frameless robot-assisted asleep deep brain stimulation (DBS) of the centromedian …

Deep brain stimulation of the centromedian nucleus of the thalamus for Lennox-Gastaut syndrome: a systematic review and individual patient data analysis

NA Shlobin, K Hofmann, NT Cohen, MZ Koubeissi… - …, 2023 - journals.lww.com
BACKGROUND: Lennox-Gastaut syndrome (LGS) is a severe childhood-onset
pharmacoresistant epilepsy. Deep brain stimulation (DBS) of the centromedian nucleus of …

[HTML][HTML] Cognition, adaptive skills and epilepsy disability/severity in patients with Lennox–Gastaut syndrome undergoing deep brain stimulation for epilepsy in the …

LJ Dalic, AEL Warren, CB Malpas, W Thevathasan… - Seizure, 2022 - Elsevier
Purpose We previously reported seizure and EEG outcomes of the ESTEL study (Electrical
Stimulation of Thalamus for Epilepsy of Lennox–Gastaut phenotype). To assess potential …

The comparison of DBS and RNS for adult drug-resistant epilepsy: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Q Li, Y Shan, P Wei, G Zhao - Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Objective Neuromodulation has been proven to be a promising alternative treatment for
adult patients with drug-resistant epilepsy (DRE). Deep brain stimulation (DBS) and …

Predictors of therapeutic response following thalamic neuromodulation for drug‐resistant pediatric epilepsy: A systematic review and individual patient data meta …

A Sharma, M Parfyonov, J Tiefenbach, O Hogue… - …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
We sought to perform a systematic review and individual participant data meta‐analysis to
identify predictors of treatment response following thalamic neuromodulation in pediatric …

Add‐On Deep Brain Stimulation versus Continued Vagus Nerve Stimulation for Childhood Epilepsy (ADVANCE): A Partially Randomized Patient Preference Trial

H Suresh, K Mithani, N Warsi, A Ochi… - Annals of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Outcomes following vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) improve over years after implantation in
children with drug‐resistant epilepsy. The added value of deep brain stimulation (DBS) …