Magnetic resonance imaging-guided laser-induced thermal therapy for functional hemispherotomy in a child with refractory epilepsy and multiple medical comorbidities.

gnorimies20.15 shared this article with you from Inoreader Magnetic resonance imaging-guided laser-induced thermal therapy for functional hemispherotomy in a child with refractory epilepsy and multiple medical comorbidities. Via Pediatric Neurosurgeons Magnetic resonance imaging-guided laser-induced thermal therapy for functional hemispherotomy in a child with refractory epilepsy and multiple medical comorbidities. J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2020 Oct 23;:1-6 Authors: Chua MMJ, Bushlin I, Stredny CM, Madsen JR, Patel AA, Stone S Abstract Magnetic resonance imaging-guided laser-induced thermal therapy (MRgLITT) is a minimally invasive surgical approach increasingly employed for precise targeted ablation of epileptogenic brain foci. Recent reports have described corpus callosotomy using MRgLITT, though its application in more extensive functional disconnections has not been documented. Here, the authors detail its use in achieving a palliative hemispherotomy in a 5-year-old with medically refractory hemiclonic seizures following a hemispheric infarction, highlighting a novel use of this surgical technique. In this particular case, open craniotomy was deemed high risk given the multiple medical comorbidities including congenital cardiac disease and end-stage renal failure. MRgLITT was considered an alternative approach with a lower risk for periprocedural hemodynamic perturbations. The patient tolerated the procedure well, attaining an Engel class IB outcome at 16 months' follow-up. This suggests that MRgLITT ma y be an alternative approach to an open hemispherectomy, particularly in cases in which multiple comorbidities pose significant risks and preclude an open procedure. PMID: 33096521 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] View on the web Inoreader. Take back control of your news feed. Follow us on Twitter and Facebook.