BACKGROUND: Despite many publications about cerebral cavernous malformations
(CCMs), controversy remains regarding diagnostic and management strategies …

Epilepsy surgery has seen numerous technological advances in both diagnostic and
therapeutic procedures in recent years. This has increased the number of patients who may …

Objective To evaluate the outcomes 1 year and longer following stereotactic laser
amygdalohippocampotomy for mesial temporal lobe epilepsy in a large series of patients …

Objectives Laser interstitial thermal therapy (LITT) is a minimally invasive surgical technique
for focal epilepsy. A major appeal of LITT is that it may result in fewer cognitive deficits …

Background: Ablative therapies have been used for the treatment of neurological disorders
for many years. They have been used both for creating therapeutic lesions within …

BACKGROUND For patients with focal drug-resistant epilepsy (DRE), surgical resection of
the epileptogenic zone (EZ) may offer seizure freedom and benefits for quality of life. Yet …

2 Stroke April 2018 (20.8%), and focal neurological deficit (15.2%). Of the 1620 CMs
analyzed, 50% were located in the cerebral hemispheres, 35% in the brain stem, 8% in the …

Besides other innovative stereotactic procedures (radiofrequency thermocoagulation,
focused ultrasound, gamma knife) laser interstitial thermotherapy (LiTT) provides minimally …

OBJECTIVE Approximately 75% of pediatric patients who suffer from epilepsy are
successfully treated with antiepileptic drugs, while the disease is drug resistant in the …

Epilepsy is a common, disabling illness that is refractory to medical treatment in
approximately one-third of patients, particularly among those with mesial temporal lobe …