In this chapter, three alternatives to classical resection are presented. First, laser ablation provides a minimally invasive approach to focal lesions. Next, both central and peripheral nervous system stimulation can interrupt seizure networks without creating permanent lesions. Lastly, focused ultrasound ...
Brain surgery alternatives… March 7, 2025 4 Comments “It’s not brain surgery.” And it doesn’t have to be. There are a host of epilepsy procedures that are minimally invasive. For example… Posted inEpilepsy,Research Tags:biofeedback,brain surgery alteratives,Cell Transplantation,Deep Brain...
Propofol, etomidate, pentobarbital and methohexital can all be used as alternatives to amobarbital and occasionally the presence of an anaesthetist may be requested for these tests. Increasingly, functional MRI is used to localise speech and memory functions and may be a more sensitive tool than ...
arriving at once. Surgical treatment continues to be refined with improvements in the pre-surgical evaluation of patients, especially with new imaging techniques. Alternatives including stereotactic radiotherapy have received further focus and targets for palliative stimulation techniques have grown in number....
Their hope is that with recent alternatives to resectivesurgery, including responsive neurostimulation, vagus nerve stimulation and thalamic stimulation, patients with temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) can avoid anterior temporal lobe resection surgery that may not help them, or can undergo other procedures th...
Two classes (Classes 2 and 3), collectively representing about half of respondents, had similar preferences that largely reflected preference patterns in the overall cohort, preferring laser rather than open brain surgery and actively trading off benefits and risks across treatment alternatives. The ...
It is crucial to assess the risks and benefits of continuing or adjusting AED therapy during pregnancy, considering alternatives with a more favorable safety profile if necessary. Additionally, pregnant women with epilepsy need regular monitoring, including routine ultrasound scans to check fetal ...
An update on determination of language dominance in screening for epilepsy surgery: The Wada test and newer noninvasive alternatives. Epilepsia 2007, 48, 442–455. [CrossRef] [PubMed] 32. Klöppel, S.; Büchel, C. Alternatives to the Wada test: A critical view of functional magnetic ...
Modern stereotactic techniques such as laser interstitial thermal therapy and radiofrequency ablation can be used as viable alternatives for mesial temporal lobe epilepsy and can destroy lesional tissue deep areas without the approach-related morbidity of microsurgery such as with hypothalamic hamartomas. ...
BACKGROUND: Open surgery effectively treats mesial temporal lobe epilepsy, but carries the risk of neurocognitive deficits, which may be reduced with minimally invasive alternatives. OBJECTIVE: To describe technical and clinical outcomes of stereotactic laser amygdalohippocampotomy with real-time magnet...