Decision‐making in stereotactic epilepsy surgery

KJ Miller, AL Fine - Epilepsia, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Surgery can cure or significantly improve both the frequency and the intensity of seizures in
patients with medication‐refractory epilepsy. The set of diagnostic and therapeutic …

Expanding the treatment landscape for Lennox-Gastaut syndrome: current and future strategies

A Strzelczyk, S Schubert-Bast - CNS drugs, 2021 - Springer
Abstract Lennox-Gastaut syndrome (LGS), a childhood-onset severe developmental and
epileptic encephalopathy (DEE), is an entity that encompasses a heterogenous group of …

Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on epilepsy center practice in the United States

SM Ahrens, AP Ostendorf, FA Lado, ST Arnold, S Bai… - Neurology, 2022 - AAN Enterprises
Background and Objectives Persons with epilepsy, especially those with drug resistant
epilepsy (DRE), may benefit from inpatient services such as admission to the epilepsy …

Stereotactic laser interstitial thermal therapy for the treatment of pediatric drug-resistant epilepsy: indications, techniques, and safety

JL Hect, AA Alattar, EE Harford, H Reecher… - Child's Nervous …, 2022 - Springer
Background MRI-guided laser interstitial thermal therapy (MRgLITT) is a promising
alternative to open surgery for treatment of drug-resistant epilepsy, offering significant …

Retrospective analysis of open surgical versus laser interstitial thermal therapy callosotomy in pediatric patients with refractory epilepsy

JP Caruso, MB Janjua, A Dolce, AV Price - Journal of Neurosurgery …, 2021 - thejns.org
OBJECTIVE Corpus callosotomy remains an established surgical treatment for certain types
of medically refractory epilepsy in pediatric patients. While the traditional surgical approach …

Stereotactic laser interstitial thermal therapy corpus callosotomy for the treatment of pediatric drug‐resistant epilepsy

AN Mallela, JL Hect, H Abou‐Al‐Shaar… - Epilepsia …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Objective Corpus callosotomy is a safe and effective procedure for reducing the frequency of
drop attacks. MR‐guided laser interstitial thermal therapy (MRgLITT) offers a minimally …

Corpus callosotomy in the modern era: origins, efficacy, technical variations, complications, and indications

C Markosian, S Patel, S Kosach, RR Goodman… - World Neurosurgery, 2022 - Elsevier
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 …

[HTML][HTML] Laser ablation for corpus callosotomy: systematic review and pooled analysis

AJ Awad, KN Kaiser - Seizure, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Purpose: The Laser interstitial thermal therapy (LITT) technique has been used
recently for corpus callosotomy in patients with epilepsy, especially atonic seizures (drop …

Emerging indications for stereotactic laser interstitial thermal therapy in pediatric neurosurgery

M Remick, MM McDowell, K Gupta… - International Journal of …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Surgical treatment of deep or difficult to access lesions represents a unique and significant
challenge for pediatric neurosurgeons. The introduction of stereotactic magnetic resonance …

Corpus callosotomy for intractable epilepsy: a contemporary series of operative factors and the overall complication rate

M Motiwala, S Tambi, A Motiwala, M Dacus… - Journal of …, 2024 - thejns.org
OBJECTIVE Corpus callosotomy is an effective treatment for atonic seizures in patients with
medically refractory epilepsy. A large modern series of corpus callosotomies performed via …