Response: Deep brain stimulation targets in epilepsy: Systematic review and meta-analysis of anterior and centromedian thalamic nuclei and hippocampus

Artur Vetkas^{1

2}, Anton Fomenko^{1

3}, Jürgen Germann¹, Can Sarica¹, Christian Iorio-Morin⁴, Nardin Samuel¹, Kazuaki Yamamoto¹, Vanessa Milano¹, Cletus Cheyuo¹, Ajmal Zemmar⁵, Gavin Elias¹, Alexandre Boutet^{1

6}, Aaron Loh¹, Brendan Santyr^{1

7}, Dave Gwun¹, Jordy Tasserie¹, Suneil K Kalia^{1

8}, Andres M Lozano^{1

8}

Affiliations

¹ Division of Neurosurgery, Toronto Western Hospital, University Health Network, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
² Department of Neurosurgery, Tartu University Hospital, Neurology Clinic, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia.
³ Section of Neurosurgery, Health Sciences Centre, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
⁴ Division of Neurosurgery, Centre de Recherche du Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke, University of Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada.
⁵ Department of Neurosurgery, School of Medicine, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, USA.
⁶ Joint Department of Medical Imaging, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
⁷ Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada.
⁸ Krembil Research Institute, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Comment

Artur Vetkas et al. Epilepsia. 2022 Jul.

. 2022 Jul;63(7):1885-1886.

doi: 10.1111/epi.17272. Epub 2022 May 16.

¹ Division of Neurosurgery, Toronto Western Hospital, University Health Network, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
² Department of Neurosurgery, Tartu University Hospital, Neurology Clinic, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia.
³ Section of Neurosurgery, Health Sciences Centre, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
⁴ Division of Neurosurgery, Centre de Recherche du Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke, University of Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada.
⁵ Department of Neurosurgery, School of Medicine, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, USA.
⁶ Joint Department of Medical Imaging, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
⁷ Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada.
⁸ Krembil Research Institute, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

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The SANTÉ study at 10 years of follow-up: Effectiveness, safety, and sudden unexpected death in epilepsy.
Salanova V, Sperling MR, Gross RE, Irwin CP, Vollhaber JA, Giftakis JE, Fisher RS; SANTÉ Study Group. Salanova V, et al. Epilepsia. 2021 Jun;62(6):1306-1317. doi: 10.1111/epi.16895. Epub 2021 Apr 8. Epilepsia. 2021. PMID: 33830503 Clinical Trial.
Deep brain stimulation targets in epilepsy: Systematic review and meta-analysis of anterior and centromedian thalamic nuclei and hippocampus.
Vetkas A, Fomenko A, Germann J, Sarica C, Iorio-Morin C, Samuel N, Yamamoto K, Milano V, Cheyuo C, Zemmar A, Elias G, Boutet A, Loh A, Santyr B, Gwun D, Tasserie J, Kalia SK, Lozano AM. Vetkas A, et al. Epilepsia. 2022 Mar;63(3):513-524. doi: 10.1111/epi.17157. Epub 2022 Jan 3. Epilepsia. 2022. PMID: 34981509

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