(精编)【医学英文课件】 Minimally Invasive Epilepsy Surgery Is it better教学课件.pptVIP

The figure on the left is for all temporal lobe surgery The figure on the right separates out patients with hippocampal sclerosis * Tumor related epilepsy – 66% seizure free in high volume vs 44% in low volume AVMs -70% seizure freedom, with higher likelihood of being off medications if AVM nidus obliterated Cavernoma – 25 – 70% seizure freedom rate, with higher doses being more likely to be seizure free – perilesional tissue with hemosiderin is likely epileptogenic too, so open surgery considered to be better Hypothalamic hamartoma – higher dose is higher likelihood of seizure freedom *