ArticleSurgical neurology international2019
The fence post depth electrode technique to control both brain tumors and epileptic seizures in patients with brain tumor-related epilepsy.
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- The prevalence of post-therapy epilepsy in patients treated for high-grade glial tumors: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Medical oncology (Northwood, London, England) · 2025Pooled it
- A novel technique for fence-post tube placement in glioma using the robot-guided frameless neuronavigation technique under exoscope surgery: patient series.Journal of neurosurgery. Case lessons · 2021Article
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backgroundTo control brain tumor-related epilepsy (BTRE), both epileptological and neuro-oncological approaches are required. We hypothesized that using depth electrodes (DEs) as fence post catheters, we could detect the area of epileptic seizure onset and achieve both brain tumor removal and epileptic seizure control.
methodsBetween August 2009 and April 2018, we performed brain tumor removal for 27 patients with BTRE. Patients who underwent lesionectomy without DEs were classified into Group 1 (13 patients) and patients who underwent the fence post DE technique were classified into Group 2 (14 patients).
resultsThe patients were 15 women and 12 men (mean age, 28.1 years; median age 21 years; range, 5-68 years). The brain tumor was resected to a greater extent in Group 2 than Group 1 (
conclusionUsing DEs as fence post catheters, we detected the area of epileptic seizure onset and controlled epileptic seizures. Simultaneously, we removed the brain tumor to a greater extent with fence post DEs than without.
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