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ArticleActa neurologica Belgica2022

Predictive value of metabolic and perfusion changes outside the seizure onset zone for postoperative outcome in patients with refractory focal epilepsy.

Maarten Haemels, Donatienne Van Weehaeghe, Evy Cleeren, Patrick Dupont, Johan van Loon, Tom Theys, Koen Van Laere, Wim Van Paesschen, Karolien Goffin

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Maarten HaemelsDivision of Nuclear Medicine, University Hospitals Leuven, Herestraat 49, 3000, Leuven, Belgium. Maarten.Haemels@gmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7948-1270
Donatienne Van WeehaegheDivision of Nuclear Medicine, University Hospitals Leuven, Herestraat 49, 3000, Leuven, Belgium.
Evy CleerenDepartment of Neurology, University Hospitals Leuven, Herestraat 49, 3000, Leuven, Belgium.
Patrick DupontDepartment of Neurosciences, Laboratory of Cognitive Neurology, KU Leuven, Oude Markt 13, Bus 5005, 3000, Leuven, Belgium.
Johan van LoonDepartment of Neurosurgery, University Hospitals Leuven, Herestraat 49, 3000, Leuven, Belgium.
Tom TheysDepartment of Neurosurgery, University Hospitals Leuven, Herestraat 49, 3000, Leuven, Belgium.
Koen Van LaereDivision of Nuclear Medicine, University Hospitals Leuven, Herestraat 49, 3000, Leuven, Belgium.
Wim Van PaesschenDepartment of Neurology, University Hospitals Leuven, Herestraat 49, 3000, Leuven, Belgium.
Karolien GoffinDivision of Nuclear Medicine, University Hospitals Leuven, Herestraat 49, 3000, Leuven, Belgium.

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Abstract

The value of functional molecular changes outside the seizure onset zone as independent predictive factors of surgical outcome has been scarcely evaluated. The aim of this retrospective study was to evaluate relative metabolic and perfusion changes outside the seizure onset zone as predictors of postoperative outcome in patients with unifocal refractory focal epilepsy. Eighty-six unifocal epilepsy patients who underwent

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Drug Resistant EpilepsyEpilepsies, PartialEpilepsyEpilepsy, Temporal LobeElectroencephalographyHumansMagnetic Resonance ImagingPerfusionRetrospective StudiesSeizuresTreatment OutcomeEpilepsy surgeryFDG PETPerfusion SPECTPostoperative outcomeRefractory focal epilepsy

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