Combined Surgical Resection and Responsive Neurostimulation for Drug-Resistant Epilepsy: A Case Series
In our case series, R + RNS yielded substantial seizure reductions for patients with DRE. This combined approach may serve as a beneficial strategy for patients who cannot undergo a complete resection of their seizure onset zone because of the involvement of eloquent areas or secondary foci.
Authors
- Jay R. Gavvala (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9392-6608)
- Anthony K. Allam (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4409-905X)
- Atul Maheshwari (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3045-7901)
- Garrett P. Banks (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6292-977X)
- Huy Dang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8497-685X)
- Kalman A. Katlowitz
- Tommy Liu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4800-8418)
- Ethan Devara
- Nisha Giridharan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0142-1013)
- Mohammed Hasen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-9902-6609)
- Mohamed Hegazy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4206-3512)
- Zulfi Haneef (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0720-1417)
- Zain Naqvi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-3895-8386)
- Ben Shoty
- Sameer Sheth
- Danika Paulo
- Gabriel Reyes
- Vaishnav Krishnan
- Katherine E. Kabotyanski
Institutions
- Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center (US)
- Baylor College of Medicine (US)
- University of Utah (US)
- Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University (SA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Operative Neurosurgery
- Published
- 2026-03-04
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1227/ons.0000000000001962
- Primary Topic
- Neurological disorders and treatments
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00