Closed-loop brain stimulation and paradigm shifts in epilepsy surgery

RM Richardson - Neurologic clinics, 2022 - neurologic.theclinics.com
Epilepsy is the fourth most common neurologic disorder. In 2015, the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention estimated that there are at least 3.4 million people with epilepsy in …

Errors in neurosurgery

JD Rolston, M Bernstein - Neurosurgery Clinics, 2015 - neurosurgery.theclinics.com
Despite their training and intentions, health care workers will inevitably make mistakes when
caring for patients. Some of these errors can be serious and life threatening, while others are …

Thirty-day postoperative morbidity and mortality after temporal lobectomy for medically refractory epilepsy

P Kerezoudis, B McCutcheon, ME Murphy… - Journal of …, 2018 - thejns.org
OBJECTIVE Temporal lobectomy is a well-established treatment modality for the
management of medically refractory epilepsy in appropriately selected patients. The aim of …

sEEG for expansion of a surgical epilepsy program: Safety and efficacy in 152 consecutive cases

C Miller, B Schatmeyer, P Landazuri, U Uysal… - Epilepsia …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Objective Stereoelectroencephalography (sEEG) is an intracranial encephalography
method of expanding use. The need for increased epilepsy surgery access has led to the …

Postoperative intracerebral haematomas following stereotactic biopsies: Poor planning or poor execution?

M Zanello, A Roux, C Debacker… - … Journal of Medical …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Background Postoperative intracerebral haematomas represent a serious complication
following stereotactic biopsy. We investigated the possible underlying causes–poor …

Trends in lobectomy/amygdalohippocampectomy over time and the impact of hospital surgical volume on hospitalization outcomes: A population‐based study

CS Kwon, L Blank, L Mu, N Jetté - Epilepsia, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Objective Despite national guidelines supporting surgical referral in drug‐resistant epilepsy,
it is hypothesized that surgery is underutilized. We investigated the volumes of lobectomy …

Association of risk factors with unfavorable outcomes after resection of adult benign intradural spine tumors and the effect of hospital volume on outcomes: an analysis …

P Kalakoti, S Missios, R Menger, S Kukreja, S Konar… - Neurosurgical …, 2015 - thejns.org
OBJECT Because of the limited data available regarding the associations between risk
factors and the effect of hospital case volume on outcomes after resection of intradural spine …

Conceptualization and implementation of an interdisciplinary clinic for children with drug-resistant epilepsy during the COVID-19 pandemic

D Samanta, V Elumalai, VC Desai, ML Hoyt - Epilepsy & Behavior, 2021 - Elsevier
Objective To describe the rapid conceptualization and implementation of an interdisciplinary
epilepsy clinic for children with drug-resistant epilepsy (DRE) at Arkansas Children's …

Increased hospital volume is associated with improved outcomes following abdominal-based breast reconstruction

CT Tuggle, A Patel, N Broer, JA Persing… - Journal of plastic …, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
Previous studies of outcomes following abdominal-based breast reconstruction largely use
data from single-centre/surgeon experience. Such studies are limited in evaluating the effect …

Predictors of unfavorable outcomes following deep brain stimulation for movement disorders and the effect of hospital case volume on outcomes: an analysis of 33 …

P Kalakoti, O Ahmed, P Bollam, S Missios, J Wilden… - Neurosurgical …, 2015 - thejns.org
OBJECT With limited data available on association of risk factors and effect of hospital case
volume on outcomes following deep brain stimulation (DBS), the authors attempted to …