Andreu Massot-Tarrús1, Kevin White2, Seyed M Mirsattari3,4,5,6,7. 1. Department of Neurology, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain. andreumass@gmail.com. 2. Science Right Research Consulting, London, Ontario, Canada. 3. Department of Clinical Neurological Sciences, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada. 4. Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada. 5. Medical Biophysics, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada. 6. Medical Imaging, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada. 7. Psychology, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada.
Abstract
PURPOSE OF REVIEW: The usefulness of the Wada test (WT) predicting memory impairment from temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) surgery has been debated, and it has progressively been replaced by functional MRI (fMRI). We review the current role of WT and fMRI in the presurgical assessment of TLE, and how novel surgical techniques might improve cognitive outcomes. RECENT FINDINGS: fMRI's ability to predict global amnesia has not been assessed. Although WT can produce false-positive results, it is still indicated in patients at risk for developing global amnesia: those with significant bilateral or contralateral memory deficits. In the current review, WT exhibited no added value, beyond preclinical data, for predicting material-specific memory impairment, whereas fMRI was reliable for either verbal or non-verbal memory decline. Abnormal functional connectivity on resting state fMRI (rs-fMRI) between the posterior cingulate and the hippocampus may be a predictor of postsurgical memory outcomes. Restricted resections to the pathogenic tissue, stereotactic laser, radiosurgery, and SEEG-guided thermos-coagulation were associated with better cognitive outcome. fMRI should be used routinely in the presurgical workup of TLE to predict verbal and/or non-verbal memory decline, whereas WT may be indicated when there is a high risk of postsurgical global amnesia. Rs-fMRI is a promising tool for the presurgical workup of TLE, and more restricted resections are recommended to enhance cognitive outcomes.
PURPOSE OF REVIEW: The usefulness of the Wada test (WT) predicting memory impairment from temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) surgery has been debated, and it has progressively been replaced by functional MRI (fMRI). We review the current role of WT and fMRI in the presurgical assessment of TLE, and how novel surgical techniques might improve cognitive outcomes. RECENT FINDINGS: fMRI's ability to predict global amnesia has not been assessed. Although WT can produce false-positive results, it is still indicated in patients at risk for developing global amnesia: those with significant bilateral or contralateral memory deficits. In the current review, WT exhibited no added value, beyond preclinical data, for predicting material-specific memory impairment, whereas fMRI was reliable for either verbal or non-verbal memory decline. Abnormal functional connectivity on resting state fMRI (rs-fMRI) between the posterior cingulate and the hippocampus may be a predictor of postsurgical memory outcomes. Restricted resections to the pathogenic tissue, stereotactic laser, radiosurgery, and SEEG-guided thermos-coagulation were associated with better cognitive outcome. fMRI should be used routinely in the presurgical workup of TLE to predict verbal and/or non-verbal memory decline, whereas WT may be indicated when there is a high risk of postsurgical global amnesia. Rs-fMRI is a promising tool for the presurgical workup of TLE, and more restricted resections are recommended to enhance cognitive outcomes.
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