Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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8683966 | Epilepsy & Behavior Case Reports | 2018 | 32 Pages |
Abstract
Corpus callosotomy (CC) is used in patients with drug-resistant seizures who are not candidates for excisional surgery and failed neurostimulation. We examined ictal scalp and intracranial electroencephalogram (iEEG) recordings in 16 patients being evaluated for anterior CC alone or CC in combination with focal resection, to determine the role of the iEEG in predicting postoperative seizure outcomes. In our cohort, CC improved generalized atonic seizures and focal seizures with impaired awareness but did not alter outcomes for generalized tonic-clonic or tonic seizures. Invasive EEG prior to CC did not refine the prediction of postsurgical seizure outcomes in patients with inconclusive scalp EEG.
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Authors
Olga Taraschenko, Swetha Pedavally, Kaeli K. Samson, Mark J. Puccioni, Deepak Madhavan,