Epilepsy surgery in children and adults

P Ryvlin, JH Cross, S Rheims - The Lancet Neurology, 2014 - thelancet.com
Epilepsy surgery is the most effective way to control seizures in patients with drug-resistant
focal epilepsy, often leading to improvements in cognition, behaviour, and quality of life …

Getting the best outcomes from epilepsy surgery

VN Vakharia, JS Duncan, JA Witt, CE Elger… - Annals of …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Neurosurgery is an underutilized treatment that can potentially cure drug‐refractory
epilepsy. Careful, multidisciplinary presurgical evaluation is vital for selecting patients and to …

Customer experience management in retailing: An organizing framework

D Grewal, M Levy, V Kumar - Journal of retailing, 2009 - Elsevier
Survival in today's economic climate and competitive retail environment requires more than
just low prices and innovative products. To compete effectively, businesses must focus on …

Laser interstitial thermal therapy for medically intractable mesial temporal lobe epilepsy

JY Kang, C Wu, J Tracy, M Lorenzo, J Evans, M Nei… - …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Objective To describe mesial temporal lobe ablated volumes, verbal memory, and surgical
outcomes in patients with medically intractable mesial temporal lobe epilepsy (mTLE) …

Neurosurgical applications of MRI guided laser interstitial thermal therapy (LITT)

U Salem, VA Kumar, JE Madewell, DF Schomer… - Cancer Imaging, 2019 - Springer
MRI-guided laser interstitial thermal therapy (LITT) is the selective ablation of a lesion or a
tissue using heat emitted from a laser device. LITT is considered a less invasive technique …

Better object recognition and naming outcome with MRI‐guided stereotactic laser amygdalohippocampotomy for temporal lobe epilepsy

DL Drane, DW Loring, NL Voets, M Price… - …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives Patients with temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) experience significant deficits in
category‐related object recognition and naming following standard surgical approaches …

Real-time magnetic resonance-guided stereotactic laser amygdalohippocampotomy for mesial temporal lobe epilepsy

JT Willie, NG Laxpati, DL Drane, A Gowda… - …, 2014 - journals.lww.com
BACKGROUND: Open surgery effectively treats mesial temporal lobe epilepsy, but carries
the risk of neurocognitive deficits, which may be reduced with minimally invasive …

Prevalence and incidence of drug-resistant mesial temporal lobe epilepsy in the United States

AA Asadi-Pooya, GR Stewart, DJ Abrams, A Sharan - World neurosurgery, 2017 - Elsevier
Objective We reviewed data on the epidemiology of epilepsy in the United States and
estimated the prevalence and incidence of drug-resistant temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) due …

Neuroimaging of epilepsy

F Cendes, WH Theodore, BH Brinkmann, V Sulc… - Handbook of clinical …, 2016 - Elsevier
Imaging is pivotal in the evaluation and management of patients with seizure disorders.
Elegant structural neuroimaging with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) may assist in …

Stereotactic laser amygdalohippocampotomy for mesial temporal lobe epilepsy

RE Gross, MA Stern, JT Willie, RE Fasano… - Annals of …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Objective To evaluate the outcomes 1 year and longer following stereotactic laser
amygdalohippocampotomy for mesial temporal lobe epilepsy in a large series of patients …