Review of the treatment options for epilepsy in tuberous sclerosis complex: towards precision medicine

S Schubert-Bast, A Strzelczyk - Therapeutic advances in …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC) is a rare genetic disorder caused by mutations in the
TSC1 or TSC2 genes, which encode proteins that antagonise the mammalian isoform of the …

[HTML][HTML] Epilepsy surgery in the first six months of life: a systematic review and meta-analysis

KL Makridis, DA Atalay, UW Thomale, A Tietze… - Seizure, 2022 - Elsevier
Introduction Nearly one-third of all infants with epilepsy develop drug-resistant epilepsy.
Although epilepsy surgery is a well-established therapy across all age groups, there might …

Temporal lobe epilepsy surgery in children and adults: a multicenter study

C Barba, M Cossu, R Guerrini, G Di Gennaro… - …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Objective To assess seizure and cognitive outcomes and their predictors in children (< 16
years at surgery) and adults undergoing temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) surgery in eight Italian …

[HTML][HTML] Epilepsy surgery in children under 3 years of age: surgical and developmental outcomes

M Iwasaki, K Iijima, T Kawashima, H Tachimori… - Journal of …, 2021 - thejns.org
OBJECTIVE Pediatric epilepsy surgery is known to be effective, but early surgery in infancy
is not well characterized. Extensive cortical dysplasia, such as hemimegalencephaly, can …

Surgery for intractable epilepsy in pediatrics, a systematic review of outcomes other than seizure freedom

EF Romanowski, N McNamara - Seminars in pediatric neurology, 2021 - Elsevier
To perform a systematic review evaluating reported outcomes for epilepsy surgery in
pediatric patients with pharmacoresistant epilepsy beyond seizure control, including impact …

[HTML][HTML] Early epilepsy surgery for non drug-resistant patients

V Pelliccia, F Deleo, F Gozzo, G Giovannelli… - Epilepsy & Behavior …, 2022 - Elsevier
The aim of epilepsy treatment is to achieve seizure freedom. Surgery is often still considered
a late option when pharmacological treatments have failed and epilepsy has become drug …

[HTML][HTML] Lateral versus vertical hemispheric disconnection for epilepsy: a systematic review and meta-analysis

M Cossu, M Nichelatti, A De Benedictis… - Journal of Neurosurgery, 2021 - thejns.org
OBJECTIVE Lateral periinsular hemispherotomy (LPH) and vertical parasagittal
hemispherotomy (VPH) are the most popular disconnective techniques for intractable …

Tailored multilobar disconnective epilepsy surgery in the posterior quadrant

M Rizzi, M Revay, P d'Orio, P Scarpa, V Mariani… - Journal of …, 2019 - thejns.org
OBJECTIVE Surgical treatment of drug-resistant epilepsy originating from the posterior
quadrant (PQ) of the brain often requires large multilobar resections, and disconnective …

Inhibition of PTEN-induced kinase 1 autophosphorylation may assist in preventing epileptogenesis induced by pentylenetetrazol

Y Cui, Y Zhai, Y Yuan, X Wang, Q Xu, X Wu… - Neurochemistry …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract PTEN-induced kinase 1 (PINK1) autophosphorylation-triggered mitophagy is the
main mitophagic pathway in the nervous system. Moreover, multiple studies have confirmed …

Neurological morbidity of surgery for suprasylvian operculoinsular epilepsy

P d'Orio, S Squarza, M Revay, F Cardinale… - …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Objective The objective of this study was to identify risk factors associated with surgery‐
related neurological morbidity in patients with drug‐resistant epilepsy undergoing …