Clinically Significant Visual Deficits after Laser Interstitial Thermal Therapy for Mesiotemporal Epilepsy | Zendy

Walter J. Jermakowicz | Zendy; Chengyuan Wu | Zendy; Elliot G. Neal | Zendy; Iahn Cajigas | Zendy; Pierre-François D’Haese | Zendy; David J. Donahue | Zendy; Ashwini Sharan | Zendy; Fernando Ĺ. Vale | Zendy; Jonathan Jagid | Zendy

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Clinically Significant Visual Deficits after Laser Interstitial Thermal Therapy for Mesiotemporal Epilepsy

Author(s) -

Walter J. Jermakowicz,

Chengyuan Wu,

Elliot G. Neal,

Iahn Cajigas,

Pierre-François D’Haese,

David J. Donahue,

Ashwini Sharan,

Fernando Ĺ. Vale,

Jonathan Jagid

Publication year - 2019

Publication title -

stereotactic and functional neurosurgery

Language(s) - Uncategorized

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.798

H-Index - 63

eISSN - 1423-0372

pISSN - 1011-6125

DOI - 10.1159/000504856

Subject(s) - epilepsy , medicine , laser therapy , neuroscience , audiology , psychology , physical medicine and rehabilitation , laser , optics , physics

Laser interstitial thermal therapy (LITT) has recently gained popularity as a minimally invasive surgical option for the treatment of mesiotemporal epilepsy (mTLE). Similar to traditional open procedures for epilepsy, the most frequent neurological complications of LITT are visual deficits; however, a critical analysis of these injuries is lacking.

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