Clinical utility of advanced neuroimaging modalities for epilepsy surgery assessment
Gavin Winston, Andrea Ellsay, Lysa Boissé Lomax, Garima Shukla, Donald Brien, Madeline Hopkins, Ada Mullett, Ron Levy, Karla Batista Garcia-Ramo · FENS Forum 2024
Aims: For the 30% of people with focal epilepsy who are medically refractory, neurosurgery is a potential treatment option. However, identifying suitable candidates and localizing the epileptogenic zone remain significant challenges. We introduce and evaluate the clinical utility of three advanced neuroimaging techniques developed at established epilepsy surgery centers in the pre-surgical assessment at the recently designated District Epilepsy Center, Kingston Health Sciences Center (KHSC).Methods: Patients in the pre-surgical pathway were discussed in multidisciplinary team (MDT) meetings (n