Seizure outcomes of temporal lobe epilepsy surgery in patients with normal MRI and without specific histopathology.
Jugoslav IvanovicPål G LarssonYlva ØstbyJohn HaldBård K KrossnesJan G FjeldAre H PrippKristin Å AlfstadArild EggeMilo StanisicPublished in: Acta neurochirurgica (2017)
Surgery might be an effective treatment choice for the majority of these patients, although outcomes are less favourable than in patients with magnetic resonance imaging-defined lesional temporal lobe epilepsy. Typical ictal seizure semiology and localised ictal discharges on scalp EEG were predictors of Engel class I outcome.
Keyphrases
- temporal lobe epilepsy
- magnetic resonance imaging
- minimally invasive
- end stage renal disease
- coronary artery bypass
- contrast enhanced
- newly diagnosed
- chronic kidney disease
- peritoneal dialysis
- computed tomography
- prognostic factors
- surgical site infection
- functional connectivity
- magnetic resonance
- resting state
- diffusion weighted imaging
- combination therapy
- decision making
- high density