Not surgical technique, but etiology, contralateral MRI, prior surgery, and side of surgery determine seizure outcome after pediatric hemispherotomy

G Ramantani, C Bulteau, D Cserpan, WM Otte… - …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Objective We aimed to assess determinants of seizure outcome following pediatric
hemispherotomy in a contemporary cohort. Methods We retrospectively analyzed the …

Comparison of the realworld effectiveness of vertical versus lateral functional hemispherotomy techniques for pediatric drugresistant epilepsy: a post hoc analysis of …

A Fallah, E Lewis, GM Ibrahim, O Kola, CH Tseng… - …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Objective This study was undertaken to determine whether the vertical parasagittal
approach or the lateral periinsular/periSylvian approach to hemispheric surgery is the …

Brain surgery for medically intractable epilepsy

V Joris, AG Weil, A Fallah - Advances in Pediatrics, 2022 - advancesinpediatrics.com
Children suffering from drug-resistant epilepsy must be quickly referred to a comprehensive
pediatric epilepsy center for a thorough presurgical evaluation. Early referral allows for early …

Determinants of functional outcome after pediatric hemispherotomy

G Ramantani, D Cserpan, M Tisdall… - Annals of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Objective We aimed to evaluate determinants of functional outcome after pediatric
hemispherotomy in a large and recent multicenter cohort. Methods We retrospectively …

[HTML][HTML] Surgery for pediatric drug resistant epilepsy: A narrative review of its history, surgical implications, and treatment strategies

GW Koutsouras, WA Hall - Translational Pediatrics, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Surgery for pediatric drug resistant epilepsy: a narrative review of its history, surgical
implications, and treatment strategies - PMC Back to Top Skip to main content NIH NLM Logo …

EANM practice guidelines for an appropriate use of PET and SPECT for patients with epilepsy

T Traub-Weidinger, J Arbizu, H Barthel… - European journal of …, 2024 - Springer
Epilepsy is one of the most frequent neurological conditions with an estimated prevalence of
more than 50 million people worldwide and an annual incidence of two million. Although …

Prediction of seizure recurrence. A note of caution

WJ Bosl, A Leviton, T Loddenkemper - Frontiers in Neurology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Great strides have been made recently in documenting that machine-learning programs can
predict seizure occurrence in people who have epilepsy. Along with this progress have …

Hemispherectomy outcome prediction Scale: a validity study

AT Hale, D Estevez-Ordonez, J Badrani, W Sha… - Journal of …, 2023 - thejns.org
OBJECTIVE Hemispherectomy is highly effective for patients with medically refractory
epilepsy (MRE) arising from a single hemisphere. Recently, the Hemispherectomy Outcome …

Comparison of hemispheric surgery techniques for pediatric drug-resistant epilepsy: an individual patient data meta-analysis

JS Chen, WB Harris, KJ Wu, HW Phillips, CH Tseng… - Neurology, 2023 - AAN Enterprises
Background and Objectives Hemispheric surgery effectively treats unihemispheric pediatric
drug-resistant epilepsy (DRE) by resecting and/or disconnecting the epileptic hemisphere …

Development and validation of machine learning models for prediction of seizure outcome after pediatric epilepsy surgery

O Yossofzai, A Fallah, C Maniquis, S Wang… - …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Objective There is substantial variability in reported seizure outcome following pediatric
epilepsy surgery, and lack of individualized predictive tools that could evaluate the …