Publications by authors named "Firas Taha"
Completion Posterior Quadrant Disconnection After Failed Temporal Lobectomy: 2-Dimensional Operative Video.
Oper Neurosurg (Hagerstown)
November 2021
Epilepsy is a chronic seizure disorder that affects about 1% of the global population.1 When seizure freedom cannot be obtained solely through antiseizure medicines (ASMs), the condition is termed medically refractory epilepsy (MRE).2,3 Though posterior quadrant disconnection (PQD) is underutilized in our experience, it is a highly effective surgical procedure for MRE restricted to the temporal, parietal, and/or occipital lobes.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: Previous studies from a few countries have reported semiological differences in younger children compared with adolescents or adults with psychogenic nonepileptic seizures (PNESs). This study tested the hypothesis that semiological, demographic, and historical risk factors vary with different ages of PNES onset in a large cohort from different countries.
Methods: In this retrospective study, we investigated patients consecutively referred for PNES, who were admitted to epilepsy monitoring units in Iran, Brazil, Venezuela, Canada, Argentina, and USA.
Purpose: The aim of this multicenter international cross-cultural study was to compare clinical variables in a large sample of people with adult-onset psychogenic nonepileptic seizures (PNES).
Methods: In this retrospective study, we evaluated persons with documented PNES, who were older than 16 years of age at the onset, from four countries (i.e.
Purpose: Sex-related differences have been reported in patients with neurological and psychiatric disorders. It is also plausible to assume that there might be differences between females and males with psychogenic nonepileptic seizures (PNES).
Methods: In this retrospective study, we investigated patients with PNES, who were admitted to the epilepsy monitoring units at centers in Iran, the USA, Canada, Brazil, Argentina, and Venezuela.
Purpose: We compared various clinical characteristics of pediatric-onset psychogenic nonepileptic seizures (PNES) between patients from five countries. The purpose of this study was to advance our understanding of pediatric-onset PNES cross-culturally.
Methods: In this retrospective study, we compared consecutive patients with PNES with an age at onset of 16 years and younger from epilepsy monitoring units in Iran, Brazil, the USA, Canada, and Venezuela.
Objective: We present the diagnostic and clinical course of the first multicenter case series of pediatric patients with autoimmune encephalitis associated with N-type voltage-gated calcium channel antibodies.
Methods: Data from 2 university hospitals were retrospectively reviewed and records of 3 patients with autoimmune encephalitis associated with N-type voltage-gated calcium channel antibodies were evaluated.
Results: The 3 pediatric patients (all female) had symptoms that spanned the clinical spectrum.
Background: Antiepileptic medication interactions can complicate the management of epilepsy, by either increasing or reducing the effective serum concentrations thereby causing adverse effects or loss of seizure control.
Results: A 14-year-old girl with well-controlled juvenile absence epilepsy lost control of her seizures acutely following the administration of carbapenem for pneumonia. Serum valproate concentrations fell by 90% within 48 hours following carbapenem and returned to baseline following its discontinuation.
Purpose: The prevalence of patients thought to have epilepsy who are ultimately diagnosed with asystole or bradyarrhythmias not associated with seizures is currently unknown. We studied a tertiary referral population to determine the rate of clinically significant asystole or bradyarrhythmias in patients being evaluated for possible epilepsy in 2 inpatient epilepsy monitoring units (EMU).
Methods: A retrospective cohort of 1606 consecutive patients admitted for video-EEG monitoring at University of New Mexico Hospital from January 2000 to July 2005 and Mayo Clinic Florida from September 2005 to August 2009 was reviewed for clinical presentation and outcome of video-EEG and EKG monitoring.