Robot-assisted stereoelectroencephalography exploration of the limbic thalamus in human focal epilepsy: implantation technique and complications in the first 24 patients.

Journal: Neurosurgical focus
PMID: 32234983

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: Despite numerous imaging studies highlighting the importance of the thalamus in a patient's surgical prognosis, human electrophysiological studies involving the limbic thalamic nuclei are limited. The objective of this study was to evaluate the safety and accuracy of robot-assisted stereotactic electrode placement in the limbic thalamic nuclei of patients with suspected temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE).

Authors

  • Ganne Chaitanya
    Neurology, National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences, Bangalore, Karnataka, 560029, India.
  • Andrew K Romeo
    3Department of Neurosurgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Alabama.
  • Adeel Ilyas
    2Epilepsy and Cognitive Neurophysiology Laboratory, and.
  • Auriana Irannejad
    1Department of Neurology.
  • Emilia Toth
    1Department of Neurology.
  • Galal Elsayed
    3Department of Neurosurgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Alabama.
  • J Nicole Bentley
    3Department of Neurosurgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Alabama.
  • Kristen O Riley
    3Department of Neurosurgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Alabama.
  • Sandipan Pati
    1Department of Neurology.

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