Corpus callosotomy, first used in the management of epilepsy by William P. van Wagenen in
1940, was for years a contentious procedure. Two decades later, Nobel Laureate Roger W …

Background While there are many reports of radiosurgery for treatment of drug-resistant
epilepsy, a literature review is lacking. Objective The aim of this systematic review is to …

Partial or complete corpus callosotomies have been applied, traditionally via open surgical
or radiosurgical approaches, for the treatment of epilepsy in patients with multifocal tonic …

Corpus callosotomy is among the oldest surgeries performed for drug-resistant epilepsy.
Since it was first performed in 1940, numerous studies have assessed its outcomes in …

Background Microsurgical callosotomy is a procedure still under debate and to best a
palliative treatment for drug-resistant epilepsy. Unlike microsurgery, radiosurgical …

Objective Corpus callosotomy is an effective palliative treatment for drug‐resistant Lennox‐
Gastaut syndrome (LGS). Laser interstitial thermal therapy has been increasingly used in the …

✓ Stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) with the Gamma Knife and linear accelerator has
revolutionized neurosurgery over the past 20 years. The most common indications for …

CONCLUSION These early data demonstrate the technical feasibility, safety, and favorable
outcomes of MRI-guided stereotactic laser anterior corpus callosotomy in patients with LGS …

OBJECTIVE Vagal nerve stimulation (VNS) and corpus callosotomy (CC) have both been
shown to be of benefit in the treatment of medically refractory epilepsy. Recent case series …

Object Although corpus callosotomy has been used effectively since the late 1930s to treat
severe, medically intractable seizure disorders, particularly atonic or drop-attack seizures …