The surgical treatment of epilepsy
Abstract In 2009, the Commission for Epilepsy Surgery of the Italian League Against
Epilepsy (LICE) conducted an overview about the techniques used for the pre-surgical …
Epilepsy (LICE) conducted an overview about the techniques used for the pre-surgical …
The missed value of underutilizing pediatric epilepsy surgery: a systematic review
CW Beatty, JP Lockrow, S Gedela, A Gehred… - Seminars in pediatric …, 2021 - Elsevier
Pediatric epilepsy surgery is underutilized. Only 1%-11% of children with drug resistant
epilepsy (DRE) undergo surgical treatment, or less than half of those estimated to benefit …
epilepsy (DRE) undergo surgical treatment, or less than half of those estimated to benefit …
Not surgical technique, but etiology, contralateral MRI, prior surgery, and side of surgery determine seizure outcome after pediatric hemispherotomy
Objective We aimed to assess determinants of seizure outcome following pediatric
hemispherotomy in a contemporary cohort. Methods We retrospectively analyzed the …
hemispherotomy in a contemporary cohort. Methods We retrospectively analyzed the …
Characteristics, surgical outcomes, and influential factors of epilepsy in Sturge-Weber syndrome
Few studies have reported the clinical presentation, surgical treatment, outcomes and
influential factors for patients with epilepsy and Sturge-Weber syndrome. This large-scale …
influential factors for patients with epilepsy and Sturge-Weber syndrome. This large-scale …
Comparison of the real‐world effectiveness of vertical versus lateral functional hemispherotomy techniques for pediatric drug‐resistant epilepsy: a post hoc analysis of …
Objective This study was undertaken to determine whether the vertical parasagittal
approach or the lateral peri‐insular/peri‐Sylvian approach to hemispheric surgery is the …
approach or the lateral peri‐insular/peri‐Sylvian approach to hemispheric surgery is the …
Is Focal Cortical Dysplasia/Epilepsy Caused by Somatic MTOR Mutations Always a Unilateral Disorder?
Objective To alert about the wide margin of unpredictability that distribution of somatic MTOR
mosaicism may have in the brain and the risk for independent epileptogenesis arising from …
mosaicism may have in the brain and the risk for independent epileptogenesis arising from …
Hemispherotomy for pediatric epilepsy: a systematic review and critical analysis
AJ Lopez, C Badger, BC Kennedy - Child's Nervous System, 2021 - Springer
Purpose Several variations of functional disconnection surgery have been described for the
treatment of lateralized, hemispheric, drug-resistant epilepsy in children. The purpose of this …
treatment of lateralized, hemispheric, drug-resistant epilepsy in children. The purpose of this …
[HTML][HTML] The role of KRAS mutations in cortical malformation and epilepsy surgery: a novel report of nevus sebaceous syndrome and review of the literature
C Pepi, L de Palma, M Trivisano, N Pietrafusa, FR Lepri… - Brain Sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
The rare nevus sebaceous (NS) syndrome (NSS) includes cortical malformations and drug-
resistant epilepsy. Somatic RAS-pathway genetic variants are pathogenetic in NS, but not …
resistant epilepsy. Somatic RAS-pathway genetic variants are pathogenetic in NS, but not …
Sturge-Weber syndrome: an update on the relevant issues for neurosurgeons
F Bianchi, AM Auricchio, DI Battaglia, DRP Chieffo… - Child's Nervous …, 2020 - Springer
Abstract Purpose Sturge-Weber syndrome (SWS) is a neurocutaneous facomatosis
characterized by facial and leptomeningeal angioma, glaucoma, seizures, and neurological …
characterized by facial and leptomeningeal angioma, glaucoma, seizures, and neurological …
Comparison of hemispheric surgery techniques for pediatric drug-resistant epilepsy: an individual patient data meta-analysis
Background and Objectives Hemispheric surgery effectively treats unihemispheric pediatric
drug-resistant epilepsy (DRE) by resecting and/or disconnecting the epileptic hemisphere …
drug-resistant epilepsy (DRE) by resecting and/or disconnecting the epileptic hemisphere …