Jordan Lam1, Ryan P Cabeen2, Runi Tanna1, Lauren Navarro1, Christianne N Heck1, Charles Y Liu1, Brian Lee1, Jonathan R Russin1, Arthur W Toga2, Darrin J Lee3. 1. USC Neurorestoration Center, Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA. 2. Laboratory of Neuro Imaging, USC Mark and Mary Stevens Neuroimaging and Informatics Institute, Los Angeles, California, USA. 3. USC Neurorestoration Center, Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA. Electronic address: Darrin.lee@med.usc.edu.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: There is great concern for cognitive function after resective temporal lobe surgery for drug-resistant epilepsy. However, few studies have investigated postoperative anatomical changes, and the downstream effects of surgery are poorly understood. This study investigated volumetric changes after resective surgery and vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) for epilepsy. METHODS: Preoperative and latest postoperative (mean, 28 months) structural T1 magnetic resonance imaging scans were retrospectively obtained for 43 patients: 27 temporal lobe resections (TLRs), 6 extratemporal lobe resections, and 10 VNS, undergoing surgery for drug-resistant epilepsy between 2012 and 2017. Automated volumetric analyses of predefined cortical gray matter and subcortical structures were performed. Preoperative and postoperative volumes were compared, and the effects of age, gender, operation type, resection laterality, selectivity, time since surgery, and seizure outcome on volumetric changes were analyzed. RESULTS: After TLRs, there were reductions in contralateral hemispheric gray matter, temporal lobe, entorhinal cortex, parahippocampal, superior temporal, middle temporal, inferior temporal (P = 0.02), lingual, fusiform, precentral, paracentral, postcentral, pericalcarine gyri, and ipsilateral superior parietal gyrus. After VNS, there was bilateral atrophy in the thalamus, putamen, cerebellum, rostral anterior cingulate, posterior cingulate, medial orbitofrontal, paracentral, fusiform, and transverse temporal gyri. There was a significant effect of surgery type but no effect of age, gender, operation type, resection laterality, selectivity, time since surgery, and seizure outcome on contralateral hippocampal gray matter change. CONCLUSION: This is the first study to demonstrate volumetric decreases in temporal and connected regions after TLRs and VNS. These results provide interesting insight into functional network changes.
BACKGROUND: There is great concern for cognitive function after resective temporal lobe surgery for drug-resistant epilepsy. However, few studies have investigated postoperative anatomical changes, and the downstream effects of surgery are poorly understood. This study investigated volumetric changes after resective surgery and vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) for epilepsy. METHODS: Preoperative and latest postoperative (mean, 28 months) structural T1 magnetic resonance imaging scans were retrospectively obtained for 43 patients: 27 temporal lobe resections (TLRs), 6 extratemporal lobe resections, and 10 VNS, undergoing surgery for drug-resistant epilepsy between 2012 and 2017. Automated volumetric analyses of predefined cortical gray matter and subcortical structures were performed. Preoperative and postoperative volumes were compared, and the effects of age, gender, operation type, resection laterality, selectivity, time since surgery, and seizure outcome on volumetric changes were analyzed. RESULTS: After TLRs, there were reductions in contralateral hemispheric gray matter, temporal lobe, entorhinal cortex, parahippocampal, superior temporal, middle temporal, inferior temporal (P = 0.02), lingual, fusiform, precentral, paracentral, postcentral, pericalcarine gyri, and ipsilateral superior parietal gyrus. After VNS, there was bilateral atrophy in the thalamus, putamen, cerebellum, rostral anterior cingulate, posterior cingulate, medial orbitofrontal, paracentral, fusiform, and transverse temporal gyri. There was a significant effect of surgery type but no effect of age, gender, operation type, resection laterality, selectivity, time since surgery, and seizure outcome on contralateral hippocampal gray matter change. CONCLUSION: This is the first study to demonstrate volumetric decreases in temporal and connected regions after TLRs and VNS. These results provide interesting insight into functional network changes.
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