Brain Stiffness Correlates With Pathological Tissue in Patients With Drug-Resistant Epilepsy Due to Rasmussen Encephalitis and Focal Cortical Dysplasia
Brain tonometry may help to intraoperatively identify inflammatory brain tissue along with structural and histopathological abnormalities. In select cases, this could potentially allow more tailored resections of the underlying lesion, to ensure complete removal of the epileptogenic lesion and improve the probability of achieving seizure freedom, while sparing normal brain leading to better functional outcomes.
Authors
- Aria Fallah (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9703-0964)
- Aristides Hadjinicolaou (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9926-2080)
- Julia W. Chang
- Tristan Brunette‐Clément (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5436-1843)
- Alexander G. Weil (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4162-6096)
- Geoffrey C. Owens
Institutions
- University of California, Los Angeles (US)
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Sainte-Justine (CA)
- Centre Hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal (CA)
- Université de Montréal (CA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Operative Neurosurgery
- Published
- 2024-09-27
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1227/ons.0000000000001387
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Epilepsy research and treatment
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.39