Comparison of minimally invasive and traditional surgical approaches for refractory mesial temporal lobe epilepsy: A systematic review and meta‐analysis of …

K Kohlhase, JP Zöllner, N Tandon, A Strzelczyk… - …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Magnetic resonance‐guided laser interstitial laser therapy (MRgLITT) and radiofrequency
ablation (RFA) represent two minimally invasive methods for the treatment of drug‐refractory …

Magnetic resonance imaging-guided laser interstitial thermal therapy for epilepsy: systematic review of technique, indications, and outcomes

BE Youngerman, AV Save, GM McKhann - Neurosurgery, 2020 - journals.lww.com
BACKGROUND For patients with focal drug-resistant epilepsy (DRE), surgical resection of
the epileptogenic zone (EZ) may offer seizure freedom and benefits for quality of life. Yet …

Timing of referral to evaluate for epilepsy surgery: Expert Consensus Recommendations from the Surgical Therapies Commission of the International League Against …

L Jehi, N Jette, CS Kwon, CB Josephson… - …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Epilepsy surgery is the treatment of choice for patients with drug‐resistant seizures. A timely
evaluation for surgical candidacy can be life‐saving for patients who are identified as …

Temporal lobe epilepsy surgical outcomes can be inferred based on structural connectome hubs: a machine learning study

E Gleichgerrcht, SS Keller, DL Drane… - Annals of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Objective Medial temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) is the most common form of medication‐
resistant focal epilepsy in adults. Despite removal of medial temporal structures, more than …

The interictal suppression hypothesis in focal epilepsy: network-level supporting evidence

GW Johnson, DJ Doss, VL Morgan, DL Paulo, LY Cai… - Brain, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Why are people with focal epilepsy not continuously having seizures? Previous neuronal
signalling work has implicated gamma-aminobutyric acid balance as integral to seizure …

Real‐world experience with direct brain‐responsive neurostimulation for focal onset seizures

B Razavi, VR Rao, C Lin, KA Bujarski, SE Patra… - …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Objective The RNS System is a direct brain‐responsive neurostimulation system
that is US Food and Drug Administration–approved for adults with medically intractable focal …

[HTML][HTML] Resective, ablative and radiosurgical interventions for drug resistant mesial temporal lobe epilepsy: a systematic review and meta-analysis of outcomes

K Marathe, A Alim-Marvasti, K Dahele, F Xiao… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Objectives: One-third of individuals with focal epilepsy do not achieve seizure freedom
despite best medical therapy. Mesial temporal lobe epilepsy (MTLE) is the most common …

Surgical outcomes of laser interstitial thermal therapy for temporal lobe epilepsy: systematic review and meta-analysis

P Kerezoudis, V Parisi, WR Marsh, TJ Kaufman… - World neurosurgery, 2020 - Elsevier
Background Laser interstitial thermal therapy (LITT) has emerged as a safe and effective
approach to the treatment of temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE). The relationship of ablation …

Stereotactic MRI‐guided laser interstitial thermal therapy for extratemporal lobe epilepsy

K Gupta, B Cabaniss, A Kheder, S Gedela, P Koch… - …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Objective Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)–guided laser interstitial thermal therapy (MRg‐
LITT) is an alternative to open epilepsy surgery. We assess safety and effectiveness of MRg …

[HTML][HTML] A prospective multicenter study of laser ablation for drug resistant epilepsy–One year outcomes

P Landazuri, J Shih, E Leuthardt, S Ben-Haim… - Epilepsy research, 2020 - Elsevier
Objective To report one-year seizure outcomes, procedural data, and quality of life scores
following laser interstitial thermal therapy (LITT) of epileptogenic foci. Methods Data from an …