Magnetic resonance-guided laser interstitial thermal therapy : Correlations with seizure outcome

© 2021 International League Against Epilepsy..

OBJECTIVE: This study was undertaken to identify clinical factors associated with seizure freedom after magnetic resonance-guided laser interstitial thermal therapy (MRgLiTT) in temporal lobe epilepsy patients with unilateral mesial temporal sclerosis (MTS).

METHODS: We identified 56 patients with magnetic resonance imaging-defined MTS who underwent MRgLiTT with at least 1 year of follow-up. Primary outcome was seizure freedom at 1 year. We examined the association of seizure freedom and the following clinical factors: age at surgery, gender, history of febrile seizures, history of focal to bilateral tonic-clonic seizures, duration of epilepsy at the time of surgery, frequency of interictal epileptiform discharges (IEDs), seizure frequency, and presence of bilateral IEDs.

RESULTS: Thirty-five (62.5%) patients were seizure-free at 1 year. The presence of bilateral IEDs and age at surgery were associated with 1-year seizure freedom after MRgLiTT. The presence of bilateral IEDS was associated with lower odds of seizure freedom (odds ratio [OR] = .05, 95% confidence interval [CI] = .01-.46, p = .008), whereas increasing age at surgery was associated with increased odds of seizure freedom (OR = 1.10, 95% CI = 1.03-1.19, p = .009).

SIGNIFICANCE: This study demonstrates associations between presence of bilateral IEDs and age at surgery and seizure freedom at 1 year after MRgLiTT.

Errataetall:

CommentIn: Epilepsia. 2021 Oct;62(10):2567. - PMID 34350989

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:62

Enthalten in:

Epilepsia - 62(2021), 5 vom: 04. Mai, Seite 1085-1091

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Kang, Joon Y [VerfasserIn]
Pickard, Allyson A [VerfasserIn]
Bronder, Jay [VerfasserIn]
Yenokyan, Gayane [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Mo [VerfasserIn]
Anderson, William S [VerfasserIn]
Sperling, Michael R [VerfasserIn]
Nei, Maromi [VerfasserIn]

Links:

Volltext

Themen:

Epilepsy surgery
Hippocampal sclerosis
Journal Article
MR-guided LiTT
Mesial temporal sclerosis
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Surgery outcomes

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 30.09.2021

Date Revised 15.04.2022

published: Print-Electronic

CommentIn: Epilepsia. 2021 Oct;62(10):2567. - PMID 34350989

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1111/epi.16872

funding:

Förderinstitution / Projekttitel:

PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM322702402