Recent advances in epilepsy surgery

M Medina-Pizarro, DD Spencer… - Current Opinion in …, 2023 - journals.lww.com
Epilepsy surgery is still underutilized worldwide. Every patient who continues with seizures
despite adequate trials of two well selected and tolerated antiseizure medications should be …

Functional outcomes in MRI-guided laser interstitial therapy for temporal lobe epilepsy: a systematic review and meta-analysis

DA Brenner, DJ Valdivia, NB Dadario… - Journal of …, 2024 - thejns.org
OBJECTIVE The use of MRI-guided laser interstitial thermal therapy (MRgLITT) has
emerged as a promising treatment option for patients with drug-resistant temporal lobe …

Long-term outcomes of mesial temporal laser interstitial thermal therapy for drug-resistant epilepsy and subsequent surgery for seizure recurrence: a multi-centre …

BE Youngerman, MA Banu, F Khan… - Journal of Neurology …, 2023 - jnnp.bmj.com
Background Magnetic resonance-guided laser interstitial thermal therapy (MRgLITT) is a
minimally invasive alternative to surgical resection for drug-resistant mesial temporal lobe …

Automated seizure onset zone locator from resting-state functional MRI in drug-resistant epilepsy

A Banerjee, P Kamboj, SN Wyckoff… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Objective Accurate localization of a seizure onset zone (SOZ) from independent components
(IC) of resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging (rs-fMRI) improves surgical …

Psychiatric changes after stereotactic laser amygdalohippocampotomy for medial temporal lobe epilepsy

K Padda, RE Matthews, I Karakis, KC Hewitt… - Epilepsy & Behavior, 2023 - Elsevier
Purpose Stereotactic laser amygdalohippocampotomy (SLAH) is a minimally invasive
surgical treatment for drug-resistant temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) that has comparable rates …

Defining benchmark outcomes for mesial temporal lobe epilepsy surgery: A global multicenter analysis of 1119 cases

R Drexler, FL Ricklefs, S Ben‐Haim, A Rada… - …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Objective Benchmarking has been proposed to reflect surgical quality and represents the
highest standard reference values for desirable results. We sought to determine benchmark …

Laser interstitial thermal therapy for Epilepsy

JJ Van Gompel, DB Burkholder… - Neurosurgery …, 2023 - neurosurgery.theclinics.com
In recent years, laser interstitial thermal therapy (LITT) has emerged as an alternative to
open surgery for many patients with drug-resistant epilepsy or neoplasm. Increasing …

[HTML][HTML] Beyond resection: neuromodulation and minimally invasive epilepsy surgery

D Shamim, O Nwabueze, U Uysal - Archives of Neuropsychiatry, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Epilepsy is a common neurological disease impacting both patients and healthcare systems.
Approximately one third of patients have drug-resistant epilepsy (DRE) and are candidates …

Outcomes after laser interstitial thermal ablation for temporal lobe epilepsy: a systematic review and meta-analysis

SA Alomar, RH Moshref, LH Moshref, AJ Sabbagh - Neurosurgical Review, 2023 - Springer
Epilepsy is a common condition that affects approximately 1% of the world's population, with
about one-third being refractory epilepsy. Temporal lobe epilepsy is the most common type …

Rescue Medications for Acute Repetitive Seizures

J Dashkoff, BA Dworetzky, EJ Bubrick - Current Treatment Options in …, 2023 - Springer
Purpose of review This article reviews the current evidence-based treatments for the
management of acute repetitive seizures (ARS). Recent findings Half of patients with …