ReviewBrain sciences2021
Corpus Callosotomy for Controlling Epileptic Spasms: A Proposal for Surgical Selection.
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- Outcomes following resective and disconnective strategies in the treatment of epileptic spasms: a systematic review of the literature and individual patient data meta-analysis.Frontiers in neurology · 2024Pooled it
- A potential therapeutic role of unilateral anterior thalamic deep brain stimulation in epileptic spasms: A case report.Epilepsy & behavior reports · 2026Article
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- Epileptic drop attacks: More than just atonic seizures.Epilepsia open · 2025Article
- Modified surgical procedure of corpus callosotomy: rostral corpus callosotomy via the transfrontal approach in dogs.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2025Article
- A Comprehensive Review of Recent Trends in Surgical Approaches for Epilepsy Management.Cureus · 2024Review
- Demographic and clinical characteristics, seizure disorders, and antiepileptic drug usage in different types of corpus callosum disorders: a comparative study in children.Italian journal of pediatrics · 2024Article
- Corpus callosum area and sectioning: a radioanatomical study correlated with MRI and cadaver morphometry.Surgical and radiologic anatomy : SRA · 2023Article
- Comparing late-onset epileptic spasm outcomes after corpus callosotomy and subsequent disconnection surgery between post-encephalitis/encephalopathy and non-encephalitis/encephalopathy.Epilepsia open · 2023Article
- Unexplained Progressive Neurological Deficits after Corpus Callosotomy May Be Caused by Autoimmune Encephalitis: A Case of Suspected Postoperative Anti-NMDAR Encephalitis.Brain sciences · 2023Article
- Prediction model for long-term seizure and developmental outcomes among children with infantile epileptic spasms syndrome.Frontiers in neurology · 2023Article
- Corpus Callosotomy: Editorial.Brain sciences · 2022Article
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Abstract
In 1940, van Wagenen and Herren first proposed the corpus callosotomy (CC) as a surgical procedure for epilepsy. CC has been mainly used to treat drop attacks, which are classified as generalized tonic or atonic seizures. Epileptic spasms (ESs) are a type of epileptic seizure characterized as brief muscle contractions with ictal polyphasic slow waves on an electroencephalogram and a main feature of West syndrome. Resection surgeries, including frontal/posterior disconnections and hemispherotomy, have been established for the treatment of medically intractable ES in patients with unilaterally localized epileptogenic regions. However, CC has also been adopted for ES treatment, with studies involving CC to treat ES having increased since 2010. In those studies, patients without lesions observed on magnetic resonance imaging or equally bilateral lesions predominated, in contrast to studies on resection surgeries. Here, we present a review of relevant literature concerning CC and relevant adaptations. We discuss history and adaptations of CC, and patient selection for epilepsy surgeries due to medically intractable ES, and compared resection surgeries with CC. We propose a surgical selection flow involving resection surgery or CC as first-line treatment for patients with ES who have been assessed as suitable candidates for surgery.
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