What a great team work !
We found that withdrawal of VPA significantly increases the risk of tonic-clonic seizures, with the highest risk occurring in the first trimester and up to 72% resumed #valproic after withdrawal.
If you are at the #AES2025, we invite you to check out our poster #2.376 about the “Utility of SEEG in patients with unclear or bilateral independent scalp EEG seizure onset” A great job we did together with @GPellegrino_@epileptologo Aayesha Soni. @SchulichMedDent@WesternU
In a nutshell:
Think twice before doing SEEG if the ictal scalp EEG doesn’t point to a clear target—outcomes aren’t great.
This scenario is common—1 in 3 patients in our cohort.
Proud of this work and thankful for a stellar research team.
It was my privilege to present our results at such a great conference! A small series of RF in focal @epilepsy 🧠⚡️with interesting results🧐. The preceding panel was outstanding 👏👏
In our recent paper we summarized our experience using #SEEG-guided RF-TC to treat focal DR #epilepsy 🧠⚡️. Remember 🧐the location of the RF-TC contacts have direct impact on the outcome. Big 👏 for the work done by @HkreinterMD@PoulEspino & @westernuEpilep
Today is #PurpleDay - a time to raise awareness about epilepsy. So let's spread the word that #epilepsy is a chronic noncommunicable brain disorder that affects around 50 million people of all ages worldwide. https://t.co/zghUKRp94x @yesILAE
Congratulations Dr.@HkreinterMD!
And thanks for your contribution to our Adult #Epilepsy: Advanced cycle this spring, leading our community of practice through your case presentation for the "Common Mental Health Comorbidities in Epilepsy" session.
Gratitude!🙌