Do neuroimaging results impact prognosis of epilepsy surgery? A meta-analysis

Abstract

The neuroimaging results of drug-resistant epilepsy patients play an important role in the surgery decision and prognosis. The aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of these results on the efficacy of epilepay surgery, and then to explore surgical benefit for epilepsy patients with negative magnetic resonance (MR) images. Twenty-four subgroups describing the outcomes of 1475 epilepsy patients with positive-neuroimaging results and 696 patients with negative-neuroimaging results were involved in the meta-analysis. Overall, the odds of postoperational seizure-free rate were 2.03 times higher in magnetic resonance imaging-positive (MRI-positive) patients than in MRI-negative patients [odds ratio (OR)=2.03, 95% CI (1.67, 2.47), P<0.00001]. For patients with temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE), the odds were 1.76 times higher in those with MRI-positive results than in those with MRI-negative results [OR=1.76, 95% CI (1.34, 2.32), P<0.0001]. For patients with extra-temporal lobe epilepsy (extra-TLE), the odds were 2.88 times higher in MRI-positive patients than in MRI-negative patients [OR=2.88, 95% CI (1.53, 5.43), P=0.001]. It was concluded that the seizure-free rate of MRI-positive patients after surgery was higher than that of MRI-negative patients. For patients with negative results, an appropriate surgery should be concerned for TLE.

Keywords

epilepsy surgery / magnetic resonance imaging / surgical outcomes / neuroimaging / Meta-analysis

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