2024
Epilepsy surgery education and practice around the globe: An ILAE taskforce report
Enslin J, Muh C, Wang X, de Olivera T, McKhann G, Damisah E, Al‐Otaibi F, Rydenhag B, Ali R, Dorfer C, Englot D, Cukiert A, Epilepsy E. Epilepsy surgery education and practice around the globe: An ILAE taskforce report. Epilepsia 2024 PMID: 39636690, DOI: 10.1111/epi.18199.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchEpilepsy surgery unitInternational League Against EpilepsySurgery unitEpilepsy surgerySurgery educationDrug-resistant epilepsyHealth care providersExperience of neurosurgeonsMiddle-income countriesCare providersSurgeryLack of adequate numbersEpilepsyTaskforce reportEnhanced trainingPatientsTask ForceTrained neurosurgeonsNeurosurgeons
2023
Recent advances in epilepsy surgery
Medina-Pizarro M, Spencer D, Damisah E. Recent advances in epilepsy surgery. Current Opinion In Neurology 2023, 36: 95-101. PMID: 36762633, DOI: 10.1097/wco.0000000000001134.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEpilepsy surgeryEpilepsy centersComprehensive Epilepsy CenterDrug-resistant epilepsySurgical outcome dataReasonable surgical alternativeAdequate trialAntiseizure medicationsPreoperative evaluationSurgical candidacySurgical outcomesSeizure networkSurgical alternativeEpileptogenic networksSurgical techniqueTreatment strategiesEpileptogenic regionInvasive techniquesOutcome dataSurgeryDepth electrodesHigh-resolution structural imagingSubtle abnormalitiesDiagnostic toolStructural imaging
2021
Depth Electrode Guided Anterior Insulectomy: 2-Dimensional Operative Video
Mandel M, Lamsam L, Farooque P, Spencer D, Damisah E. Depth Electrode Guided Anterior Insulectomy: 2-Dimensional Operative Video. Operative Neurosurgery 2021, 21: e121-e121. PMID: 33885821, PMCID: PMC8493659, DOI: 10.1093/ons/opab112.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDepth electrodesOperative VideoEntire right hemisphereRight-handed womanIntracranial EEG studiesIctal vocalizationInsular surgeryNeurological deficitsPreoperative evaluationRefractory epilepsyEpileptiform activityEpileptogenic areaEpileptic zoneInsular resectionFrontal operculumNoninvasive resultsPatientsAnterior borderOptimal outcomesRight hemisphereInsulectomyEEG studiesSurgeryIndescribable feelingNeuronavigation