Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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8683704 | Epilepsy & Behavior | 2018 | 7 Pages |
Abstract
Epilepsy surgery has seen numerous technological advances in both diagnostic and therapeutic procedures in recent years. This has increased the number of patients who may be candidates for intervention and potential improvement in quality of life. However, the expansion of the field also necessitates a broader understanding of how to incorporate both traditional and emerging technologies into the care provided at comprehensive epilepsy centers. This review summarizes both old and new surgical procedures in epilepsy using an example algorithm. While treatment algorithms are inherently oversimplified, incomplete, and reflect personal bias, they provide a general framework that can be customized to each center and each patient, incorporating differences in provider opinion, patient preference, and the institutional availability of technologies. For instance, the use of minimally invasive stereotactic electroencephalography (SEEG) has increased dramatically over the past decade, but many cases still benefit from invasive recordings using subdural grids. Furthermore, although surgical resection remains the gold-standard treatment for focal mesial temporal or neocortical epilepsy, ablative procedures such as laser interstitial thermal therapy (LITT) or stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) may be appropriate and avoid craniotomy in many cases. Furthermore, while palliative surgical procedures were once limited to disconnection surgeries, several neurostimulation treatments are now available to treat eloquent cortical, bitemporal, and even multifocal or generalized epilepsy syndromes. An updated perspective in epilepsy surgery will help guide surgical decision making and lay the groundwork for data collection needed in future studies and trials.
Keywords
AEDATLSEEGSAHStereotactic electroencephalographySRSRNSSDEMSTSelective amygdalohippocampectomyElectroencephalographySubdural electrodesMRILITTSPECTMEGEpilepsyMultiple subpial transectionsDecision-makingMagnetic resonance imagingfMRIfunctional magnetic resonance imagingposition emission tomographysingle-photon emission computed tomographyantiepileptic drugLaser interstitial thermal therapyStereotactic radiosurgeryResectionResponsive neurostimulationSurgeryFlowchartAnterior temporal lobectomymagnetoencephalographyepileptogenic zoneEEGPET
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Authors
Dario J. Englot,