Research Article

Hippocampography Guides Consistent Mesial Resections in Neocortical Temporal Lobe Epilepsy

Table 1

Patient characteristics.

PtMesial ECoG
(EHG-guided hippocampectomy)
Lateral ECoG
(unguided hippocampectomy)
SideAge
(y)
SexLesion
histopathology
Lesion location
on MRI
MTSHippocampectomy
(cm)
Follow-
up
(y)
Engel I

1EHG(D)38MGliomaNTLE+MNo11.15Yes
2EHG(S)15FGangliogliomaNTLE+M+ENo14.05No
3EHG(S)24FEncephalomalaciaNTLENo1.50.8Yes
4EHG(D)24MDysplasiaNTLE+MYes22.05Yes
5EHG(D)+FO20MEncephaloceleNTLE20.79Yes
6EHG(D)27MDysplasiaNTLE21.8Yes
7EHG(D)Grid7MEncephalomalaciaNTLE+M+EYes20.03Yes
8EHG(D)30FDysplasiaNTLENo20.11Yes
9EHG(D)66MOligodendrogliomaNTLE+MNo21.3Yes
10EHG(D)+FO33MGliomaNTLE+MNo24.22Yes
11EHG(D)+FO33MGliomaNTLE+MYes2.52.5Yes
12EHG(D+S)31FAstrocytomaNTLE+MNo2.52.79Yes
13EHG(D)51FDysplasiaNTLENo41.25No
14EHG(D)46FGliomaNTLE+MYes4.50.33Yes
15Grid18FDysplasiaNTLENo0.54.63Yes
16Strip44MGliomaNTLE+EYes1.50.26Yes
17Grid + strip27MDysplasiaNTLE+EYes1.51.1No
18Grid54FOligodendrogliomaNTLE+M+ENo1.52.01No
19Grid34MeNTLE+M+ENo24.2No
20Grid29FGliomaNTLE2.52No
21Grid62MEncephalomalaciaNTLE2.52.23No
22Grid24MAstrocytosisNTLE+M+ENo2.52.6No
23Strip22FDysplasiaNTLE+M+EYes52.16Yes
24Grid74FEncephalomalaciaNTLE+ENo50.03Yes
25Grid + strip33FDysplasiaNTLE+M+ENo53.1No
26Grid + strip32MNTLE+M+EYes81.07Yes

Dysplasia, Heterotopia, and Polymicrogyria; Encephalomalacia and Polymicrogyria; EHG(D): hippocampography using depth electrode; EHG(S): hippocampography using strip electrode; FO: foramen ovale electrode; D: dominant hemisphere; ND: nondominant hemisphere; H: hemispheric dominance based on handedness; W: hemispheric dominance based on Wada test; NTLE+M: neocortical temporal lobe epileptogenic lesion with mesial temporal invasion; NTLE+E: neocortical temporal lobe epileptogenic lesion with extratemporal invasion; NTLE+M+E: neocortical temporal lobe epileptogenic lesion with mesial temporal and extratemporal invasion.