Factors Predicting Outcome After Intracranial EEG Evaluation in Patients With Medically Refractory Epilepsy
Sivaraju A, Hirsch L, Gaspard N, Farooque P, Gerrard J, Xu Y, Deng Y, Damisah E, Blumenfeld H, Spencer DD. Factors Predicting Outcome After Intracranial EEG Evaluation in Patients With Medically Refractory Epilepsy. Neurology 2022, 99: e1-e10. PMID: 35508395, PMCID: PMC9259091, DOI: 10.1212/wnl.0000000000200569.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsDrug Resistant EpilepsyElectrocorticographyElectroencephalographyHumansMagnetic Resonance ImagingRetrospective StudiesTreatment OutcomeConceptsTemporal lobe onsetSeizure freedomResective surgeryIndependent predictorsLesional MRIUnfavorable predictorRefractory epilepsyContinued medical treatmentEpilepsy surgical evaluationFactors Predicting OutcomeIntracranial EEG evaluationNonlesional extratemporal epilepsySubsequent seizure freedomSustained seizure freedomThorough presurgical evaluationSeizure-free outcomeClass II evidenceMedically Refractory EpilepsyRetrospective chart reviewKaplan-Meier curvesSelect clinical scenariosMultivariable regression analysisBest multivariable modelIntracranial EEGSeizure onset localization