Open AccessClinically Significant Visual Deficits after Laser Interstitial Thermal Therapy for Mesiotemporal Epilepsy
Author(s) -
Walter J. Jermakowicz,
Chengyuan Wu,
Elliot 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) - medicine , epilepsy , epilepsy surgery , etiology , partial epilepsy , surgery , psychiatry
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.