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November 16, 2016Epilepsia165 citationsOpen Access

Stereo electroencephalography–guided radiofrequency thermocoagulation (SEEG‐guided RF‐TC) in drug‐resistant focal epilepsy: Results from a 10‐year experience

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PBPierre BourdillonJIJean IsnardHCHélène Catenoix

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Our results, gathered in a large population over a 10-year period, confirm that SEEG-guided RF-TC is a safe technique, being efficient in many cases. More than two thirds of patients showed a short-term improvement, and almost half of them were responders at 1-year follow-up. The technique appears to be especially interesting for limited epileptic zone inaccessible to surgery and when epilepsy is related to a large unilateral network (network disruption by multiple RF-TC). Furthermore, SEEG-guided RF-TC effect is a predictor of outcome after conventional cortectomy in patients eligible for surgery.

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synapsesocial.com/papers/69da24f7a6045d71bfa3c354https://doi.org/10.1111/epi.13616
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