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ReviewFrontiers in neurology2022

Deep Brain Stimulation for Refractory Temporal Lobe Epilepsy. Current Status and Future Trends.

Francisco Velasco, Pablo E Saucedo-Alvarado, Daruny Vazquez-Barron, David Trejo, Ana Luisa Velasco

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Review in Frontiers in neurology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
7citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.5field-weighted citation impact, top 17% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Neurostimulation in children with drug-resistant epilepsy: strategies in subcortical targeting and systematic review of the evidence.Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Francisco VelascoUnit for Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery, Epilepsy Clinic, Mexico General Hospital "Dr. Eduardo Liceaga", Mexico City, Mexico.
Pablo E Saucedo-AlvaradoUnit for Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery, Epilepsy Clinic, Mexico General Hospital "Dr. Eduardo Liceaga", Mexico City, Mexico.
Daruny Vazquez-BarronUnit for Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery, Epilepsy Clinic, Mexico General Hospital "Dr. Eduardo Liceaga", Mexico City, Mexico.
David TrejoUnit for Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery, Epilepsy Clinic, Mexico General Hospital "Dr. Eduardo Liceaga", Mexico City, Mexico.
Ana Luisa VelascoUnit for Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery, Epilepsy Clinic, Mexico General Hospital "Dr. Eduardo Liceaga", Mexico City, Mexico.
Hospital General de México · MX

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A comparative analysis of the targets for deep brain stimulation (DBS) to treat refractory temporal lobe epilepsy and the rationale for its use is presented, with an emphasis on the latency to obtain the significant antiepileptic effect and the long-term seizure control. The analysis includes consideration of surgical techniques currently used to optimize antiseizure effects and decrease surgical risks. Seizure control is similar for programed DBS and DBS responsive to abnormal cortical or subcortical electroencephalogram (EEG) activity. There is no difference in the long-term seizure control between programmed and responsive and intermittent or continuous DBS. However, intermittent programed DBS may have a significant antiseizure effect starting in the first month when applied to a non-sclerotic tissue such as the parahippocampal cortex. DBS induces no neuropsychological deterioration.

Indexed as

deep brain stimulationGABAergic antiepileptic mechanismshippocampal sclerosisneuropsychological evaluationpara-hippocampal cortexrefractory mesial temporal lobe epilepsysubiculum

Identifiers

PMID35280275
PMCPMC8904383
OpenAlexW4213351264

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