Elsa V Arocho-Quinones, Sean M Lew, Michael H Handler, Zulma Tovar-Spinoza, Matthew D Smyth, Robert J Bollo, David Donahue, M Scott Perry, Michael Levy, David Gonda, Francesco T Mangano, Benjamin C Kennedy, Phillip B Storm, Angela V Price, Daniel E Couture, Chima Oluigbo, Ann-Christine Duhaime, Gene H Barnett, Carrie R Muh, Michael D Sather, Aria Fallah, Anthony C Wang, Sanjiv Bhatia, Daniel Eastwood, Sergey Tarima, Sarah Graber, Sean Huckins, Daniel Hafez, Kavelin Rumalla, Laurie Bailey, Sabrina Shandley, Ashton Roach, Erin Alexander, Wendy Jenkins, Deki Tsering, George Price, Antonio Meola, Wendi Evanoff, Eric M Thompson, Nicholas Brandmeir
OBJECTIVE: The authors of this study evaluated the safety and efficacy of stereotactic laser ablation (SLA) for the treatment of drug-resistant epilepsy (DRE) in children. METHODS: Seventeen North American centers were enrolled in the study. Data for pediatric patients with DRE who had been treated with SLA between 2008 and 2018 were retrospectively reviewed. RESULTS: A total of 225 patients, mean age 12.8 ± 5.8 years, were identified...
March 3, 2023: Journal of Neurosurgery. Pediatrics