Invasive Intracranial Electroencephalography (EEG) Monitoring in the Child with a Bleeding Disorder: Challenges and Considerations.

Introduction: Hereditary bleeding disorders stem from the absence or insufficient levels of particular clotting proteins, essential for facilitating coagulation in the clotting cascade. Among the most prevalent are hemophilia A (deficiency of Factor VIII), hemophilia B (deficiency of Factor IX), and von Willebrand disease. Management of pharmacoresistant epilepsy is more difficult in a patient with bleeding disorder due to increased risk of bleeding during surgery.

Outcomes of stereoelectroencephalography following failed epilepsy surgery in children.

Introduction: Stereoelectroencephalography (SEEG) is valuable for delineating the seizure onset zone (SOZ) in pharmacoresistant epilepsy when non-invasive presurgical techniques are inconclusive. Secondary epilepsy surgery after initial failure is challenging and there is limited research on SEEG following failed epilepsy surgery in children.

Objective: The objective of this manuscript is to present the outcomes of children who underwent SEEG after failed epilepsy surgery.

Seizure Control Outcomes following Resection of Cortical Dysplasia in Patients with DEPDC5 Variants: A Systematic Review and Individual Patient Data Analysis.

There is insufficient evidence regarding the efficacy of epilepsy surgery in patients with pharmacoresistant focal epilepsy and coexistent DEPDC5 (dishevelled EGL-10 and pleckstrin domain-containing protein 5) pathogenic (P), likely pathogenic (LP), or variance of unknown significance (VUS) variants. To conduct a systematic review on the literature regarding the use and efficacy of epilepsy surgery as an intervention for patients with DEPDC5 variants who have pharmacoresistant epilepsy. A systematic review of the current literature published regarding the outcomes of epilepsy surgery for patients with DEPDC5 variants was conducted.

Pediatric Brain Tissue Segmentation Using a Snapshot Hyperspectral Imaging (sHSI) Camera and Machine Learning Classifier.

Pediatric brain tumors are the second most common type of cancer, accounting for one in four childhood cancer types. Brain tumor resection surgery remains the most common treatment option for brain cancer. While assessing tumor margins intraoperatively, surgeons must send tissue samples for biopsy, which can be time-consuming and not always accurate or helpful.