title: Impact of intraoperative 3-T MRI with diffusion tensor imaging on hemispherectomy.
abstract: OBJECTIVE Hemispherectomy can produce remarkable seizure control of medically intractable hemispheric epilepsy in children, but some patients continue to have seizures after surgery. A frequent cause of treatment failure is incomplete surgical disconnection of the abnormal hemisphere. This study explores whether intraoperative 3-T MRI with diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) during hemispherectomy can identify areas of incomplete disconnection and allow complete disconnection during a single surgery. METHODS The charts of 32 patients with epilepsy who underwent hemispherectomy between January 2012 and July 2014 at the Florida Hospital for Children were reviewed. Patients were grouped as having had curative or palliative hemispherectomy. To assess the completeness of disconnection when the surgeon considered the operation completed, intraoperative 3-T MRI-DTI was performed. If incomplete disconnection was identified, additional surgery was performed until MRI-DTI sequences confirmed satisfactory disconnection. Seizure outcome data were collected via medical records at last follow-up. RESULTS Of 32 patients who underwent hemispherectomy, 23 had curative hemispherectomy and 9 had palliative hemispherectomy. In 11 of 32 surgeries, the first intraoperative MRI-DTI sequences suggested incomplete disconnection and additional surgery followed by repeat MRI-DTI was performed. Complete disconnection was accomplished in 30 of 32 patients (93.8%). Two of 32 disconnections (6.3%) were incomplete on postoperative imaging. Cross-sectional results showed that 21 of 23 patients (91.3%) who had curative hemispherectomy remained free of seizures (International League Against Epilepsy Class 1) at a median follow-up of 1.7 years (range 0.4-2.9 years). The longitudinal seizure freedom after curative hemispherectomy was 95.2% (SE 0.05) at 6 months, 90.5% (SE 0.06) at 1 year, and 90.5% (SE 0.05) at 2 years. CONCLUSIONS Intraoperative 3-T MRI-DTI sequences can identify incomplete disconnection during hemispherectomy and allow higher rates of complete disconnection in a single surgery. Higher rates of complete disconnection seem to achieve better seizure-free outcome following modified functional hemispherectomy.
authors: Department of Pediatrics, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea.|Comprehensive Epilepsy Center, Florida Hospital Orlando; and.
authors: Gun-Ha
authors: GH
authors: Kim
authors: Comprehensive Epilepsy Center, Florida Hospital Orlando; and.
authors: Joo Hee
authors: JH
authors: Seo
authors: Comprehensive Epilepsy Center, Florida Hospital Orlando; and.
authors: Seema
authors: S
authors: Schroff
authors: Comprehensive Epilepsy Center, Florida Hospital Orlando; and.|Functional Brain Mapping and Brain Computer Interface Lab, Florida Hospital for Children, Orlando, Florida.
authors: Po-Ching
authors: PC
authors: Chen
authors: Comprehensive Epilepsy Center, Florida Hospital Orlando; and.
authors: Ki Hyeong
authors: KH
authors: Lee
authors: Comprehensive Epilepsy Center, Florida Hospital Orlando; and.
authors: James
authors: J
authors: Baumgartner
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D056324:Diffusion Tensor Imaging / Q000379:methods / Q000639:trends*; D000069279:Drug Resistant Epilepsy / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D038421:Hemispherectomy / Q000379:methods / Q000639:trends*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D064795:Intraoperative Neurophysiological Monitoring / Q000379:methods / Q000639:trends*; D008297:Male; D012189:Retrospective Studies
keywords: DTI = diffusion tensor imaging; ECoG = electrocorticography; EEG = electroencephalography; ILAE = International League Against Epilepsy; curative hemispherectomy; epilepsy; magnetic resonance imaging; palliative hemispherectomy; seizure outcome; surgery