Visual Deficit From Laser Interstitial Thermal Therapy for Temporal Lobe Epilepsy: Anatomical Considerations | Zendy

Walter J. Jermakowicz | Zendy; Michael E. Ivan | Zendy; Iahn Cajigas | Zendy; Ramses Ribot | Zendy; Ignacio Jusué-Torres | Zendy; Mehul B. Desai | Zendy; Armando Ruiz | Zendy; Pierre-François D’Haese | Zendy; Andrés M. Kanner | Zendy; Jonathan Jagid | Zendy

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Visual Deficit From Laser Interstitial Thermal Therapy for Temporal Lobe Epilepsy: Anatomical Considerations

Author(s) -

Walter J. Jermakowicz,

Michael E. Ivan,

Iahn Cajigas,

Ramses Ribot,

Ignacio Jusué-Torres,

Mehul B. Desai,

Armando Ruiz,

Pierre-François D’Haese,

Andrés M. Kanner,

Jonathan Jagid

Publication year - 2017

Publication title -

operative neurosurgery

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.791

H-Index - 21

eISSN - 2332-4260

pISSN - 2332-4252

DOI - 10.1093/ons/opx029

Subject(s) - medicine , temporal lobe , epilepsy , ablation , magnetic resonance imaging , hemianopsia , complication , surgery , visual field , radiology , ophthalmology , cardiology , psychiatry

Laser interstitial thermal therapy (LITT) is quickly emerging as an effective surgical therapy for temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE). One of the most frequent complications of the procedure is postoperative visual field cuts, but the physiopathology of these deficits is unknown.

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