High frequency oscillations relate to cognitive improvement after epilepsy surgery in children.

Clin Neurophysiol

Brain Center Rudolf Magnus, University Medical Center Utrecht, Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Heidelberglaan 100, 3584 CX Utrecht, the Netherlands; Stichting Epilepsie Instellingen Nederland, Achterweg 2, 2103 SW Heemstede, the Netherlands. Electronic address:

Published: May 2020

Objective: To investigate how high frequency oscillations (HFOs; ripples 80-250 Hz, fast ripples (FRs) 250-500 Hz) and spikes in intra-operative electrocorticography (ioECoG) relate to cognitive outcome after epilepsy surgery in children.

Methods: We retrospectively included 20 children who were seizure free after epilepsy surgery using ioECoG and determined their intelligence quotients (IQ) pre- and two years postoperatively. We analyzed whether the number of HFOs and spikes in pre- and postresection ioECoGs, and their change in the non-resected areas relate to cognitive improvement (with ≥ 5 IQ points increase considered to be clinically relevant (=IQ+ group) and < 5 IQ points as irrelevant (=IQ- group)).

Results: The IQ+ group showed significantly more FRs in the resected tissue (p = 0.01) and less FRs in the postresection ioECoG (p = 0.045) compared to the IQ- group. Postresection decrease of ripples on spikes was correlated with postoperative cognitive improvement (correlation coefficient = -0.62 with p = 0.01).

Conclusions: Postoperative cognitive improvement was related to reduction of pathological HFOs signified by removing FR generating areas with subsequently less residual FRs, and decrease of ripples on spikes in the resection edge of the non-resected area.

Significance: HFOs recorded in ioECoG could play a role as biomarkers in the prediction and understanding of cognitive outcome after epilepsy surgery.

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