Superior Verbal Memory Outcome After Stereotactic Laser Amygdalohippocampotomy

Superior Verbal Memory Outcome After Stereotactic Laser Amygdalohippocampotomy

Objective: To evaluate declarative memory outcomes in medically refractory epilepsy patients who underwent either a highly selective laser ablation of the amygdalohippocampal complex or a conventional open temporal lobe resection.Methods: Post-operative change scores were examined for verbal memory...

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Main Authors: Daniel L. Drane, Jon T. Willie, Nigel P. Pedersen, Deqiang Qiu, Natalie L. Voets, Scott R. Millis, Bruno P. Soares, Amit M. Saindane, Ranliang Hu, Michelle S. Kim, Kelsey C. Hewitt, Shahin Hakimian, Thomas Grabowski, Jeffrey G. Ojemann, David W. Loring, Kimford J. Meador, Edward Faught, John W. Miller, Robert E. Gross
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-12-01
Series:Frontiers in Neurology
Subjects:
laser interstitial thermal therapy (LITT)
verbal memory outcome
open resection epilepsy surgery
hippocampal function
neural substrates of memory
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fneur.2021.779495/full

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