Repeat surgery for pediatric epilepsy: a systematic review and meta-analysis of resection and disconnection approaches

VM Lu, EC Brown, J Ragheb, S Wang - Journal of Neurosurgery …, 2022 - thejns.org
OBJECTIVE Resection and disconnection surgeries for epilepsy in the pediatric
demographic (patients≤ 18 years of age) are two separate, definitive intervention options in …

Prevalence and Risk Factors for Pharmacoresistance in Children With Focal Cortical Dysplasia–Related Epilepsy

NT Cohen, P Chang, X You, A Zhang, KA Havens… - Neurology, 2022 - AAN Enterprises
Background and Objectives Focal cortical dysplasia (FCD) is the most common cause of
surgically remediable epilepsy in children. Little is known about the risk factors for the timing …

Seizure outcomes after resection of primary brain tumors in pediatric patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis

KA Katlowitz, P Athukuri, H Sharma, H Dang… - Journal of Neuro …, 2023 - Springer
Purpose Primary brain neoplasms are the most common solid tumors in pediatric patients
and seizures are a common presenting symptom. Surgical intervention improves oncologic …

Application of preoperative MRI lesion identification algorithm in pediatric and young adult focal cortical dysplasia-related epilepsy

KL Hom, VSP Illapani, H Xie, C Oluigbo… - … : European Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Objective The purpose of this study was to evaluate the performance and generalizability of
an automated, interpretable surface-based MRI classifier for the detection of focal cortical …

Advantages of magnetoencephalography, neuronavigation and intraoperative MRI in epilepsy surgery re-operations

J Shawarba, B Kaspar, S Rampp, F Winter… - Neurological …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Objective: Management of patients after failed epilepsy surgery is still challenging.
Advanced diagnostic and intraoperative tools including magneto-encephalography (MEG) …

Outcomes of stereoelectroencephalography following failed epilepsy surgery in children

GM Wong, A McCray, K Hom, S Teti, NT Cohen… - Child's Nervous …, 2024 - Springer
Introduction Stereoelectroencephalography (SEEG) is valuable for delineating the seizure
onset zone (SOZ) in pharmacoresistant epilepsy when non-invasive presurgical techniques …

Focal to bilateral tonic–clonic seizures predict pharmacoresistance in focal cortical dysplasia–related epilepsy

P Chang, H Xie, VSP Illapani, X You, T Anwar… - …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Objective Focal cortical dysplasia (FCD) is the most common etiology of surgically‐
remediable epilepsy in children. Eighty‐seven percent of patients with FCD develop …

Clinical outcomes of pediatric hemispherectomy following unsuccessful subhemispheric resection for refractory epilepsy: a case review study

LF Akiyama, EA Roberts, HA Shurtleff, D Barry… - Journal of …, 2023 - thejns.org
OBJECTIVE Epilepsy surgery remains one of the most underutilized procedures in epilepsy
despite its proven superiority to other available therapies. This underutilization is greater in …

Seizure outcomes and predictors in patients with repeat epilepsy surgery

Y Hu, G Chen, Y Liu, R Zhang, J Chen, J Zhou… - 2024 - researchsquare.com
Background: One of the most important goals of surgical epilepsy treatment is seizure
freedom. Patients who continue to experience seizures after epilepsy surgery could be …

Comparison of Defense Mechanisms in Women with Temporal Lobe Epilepsy versus Ordinary Counterparts

L Esmalian Khamseh, M Nodargahfard… - Iranian Journal of …, 2020 - ijohp.journals.pnu.ac.ir
Objective:: Epilepsy is one of the most prevalent neurological disorders, the contracting of
which causes numerousphysical, psychological, and social consequences. However, there …