Resective, Ablative and Radiosurgical Interventions for Drug Resistant Mesial Temporal Lobe Epilepsy: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Outcomes

Objectives: One-third of individuals with focal epilepsy do not achieve seizure freedom despite best medical therapy. Mesial temporal lobe epilepsy (MTLE) is the most common form of drug resistant focal epilepsy. Surgery may lead to long-term seizure remission if the epileptogenic zone can be define...

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Published in:	Frontiers in Neurology
Main Authors:	Kajol Marathe, Ali Alim-Marvasti, Karan Dahele, Fenglai Xiao, Sarah Buck, Aidan G. O'Keeffe, John S. Duncan, Vejay N. Vakharia
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-12-01
Subjects:	surgery epilepsy MTLE = mesial temporal lobe epilepsy LITT = laser interstitial thermal therapy radiosurgery radiofrequency ablation (RFA)
Online Access:	https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fneur.2021.777845/full