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New Laser Therapy Promising in Kids with Resistant Epilepsy
A new type of laser therapy is safe and effective for children with drug-resistant epilepsy, new research suggests.
In a study of nearly 150 children, more than half of those who received MRI-guided laser interstitial thermal therapy (MRgLITT) were seizure-free at 1 year.
Results show that this “is a new and promising therapy” for children for whom drug therapy has failed, said study investigator Elysa Widjaja, MD, pediatric neuroradiologist at the Hospital for Sick Children and professor in the Department of Medical Imaging, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
In addition, the procedure is less invasive and requires a shorter hospital stay than does open epilepsy surgery.
The findings were presented at the American Epilepsy Society (AES) 74th Annual Meeting 2020, which was held online this year because of the COVID-19 pandemic.