Brain‐responsive neurostimulation in patients with medically intractable mesial temporal lobe epilepsy

2017306 citationsJournal Articlehybrid Open Access

Authors

Eric B. Geller · Saint Barnabas Medical Center

Tara L. Skarpaas · NeuroPace (United States)

Robert E. Gross · Emory University

Robert Goodman · St. Luke's Hospital

Gregory L. Barkley · Henry Ford Hospital

Carl W. Bazil · Columbia University Irving Medical Center

Michael J. van den Berg

Abstract

Brain-responsive stimulation represents a safe and effective treatment option for patients with medically intractable epilepsy, including patients with unilateral or bilateral MTLE who are not candidates for temporal lobectomy or who have failed a prior MTL resection.

Topics & Keywords

Neurological disorders and treatments Epilepsy research and treatment Vagus Nerve Stimulation Research

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Epilepsia

Volume 58, Issue 6, pp. 994-1004

DOI: 10.1111/epi.13740

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