Abstract
The advantage of using sphenoidal (SE) over antero-temporal electrodes (ATE) remains controversial among epileptologists. Yet, in a recently published study of 17 patients with seizures of antero-temporal origin (Kanner et al., 1995), we demonstrated that SE placed under fluoroscopic guidance (FPSE), in order to insure that their recording tips are positioned immediately below the foramen ovale (FO), yielded a significant advantage over SE placed with the standard blind method of insertion (BPSE), in both interictal and ictal recordings. This study was done to test the following hypothesis: FPSE advantage over BPSE and ATE resides in the recording of epileptiform activity with a restricted electric field. We compared spike voltages at FPSE, BPSE and ATE in sets of 5 randomly selected spikes per interictal focus, recorded in the course of separate monitoring studies with BPSE and FPSE. We represented the voltage differences as ratios V(ATE/FPSE) and Y(ATE/BPSE) and calculated a mean ratio for each spike set. The spikes' voltage was almost identical at BPSE and at ATE (mean Y(ATE/BPSE) = 0.94), while it was significantly higher at FPSE than at ATE (mean V(ATE/FPSE) = 0.66; P < 0.001, t test). A significantly narrower electric field contour was found among interictal foci in which FPSE yielded additional data during interictal (P < 0.001) and ictal (P = 0.016) recordings. Conversely, V(ATE/FPSE) did not differ from V(ATE/BPSE) among interictal foci where FPSE failed to yield any advantage over BPSE in either interictal (P = 0.240), or ictal (P = 0.311) recordings. These findings prove that SE yield additional localizing data when recording epileptiform activity with a restricted field, provided that its recording tip is positioned below the FO. When distant from FO, SE can be expected to yield comparable data to that obtained with ATE.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 12-19 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| Journal | Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology |
| Volume | 102 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jan 1997 |
| Externally published | Yes |
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Keywords
- anterior temporal spikes
- fluoroscopy
- foramen ovale
- sphenoidal electrodes
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Clinical Neurology
- Neuroscience(all)
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When do sphenoidal electrodes yield additional data to that obtained with antero-temporal electrodes? / Kanner, Andres M; Jones, John C.
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N2 - The advantage of using sphenoidal (SE) over antero-temporal electrodes (ATE) remains controversial among epileptologists. Yet, in a recently published study of 17 patients with seizures of antero-temporal origin (Kanner et al., 1995), we demonstrated that SE placed under fluoroscopic guidance (FPSE), in order to insure that their recording tips are positioned immediately below the foramen ovale (FO), yielded a significant advantage over SE placed with the standard blind method of insertion (BPSE), in both interictal and ictal recordings. This study was done to test the following hypothesis: FPSE advantage over BPSE and ATE resides in the recording of epileptiform activity with a restricted electric field. We compared spike voltages at FPSE, BPSE and ATE in sets of 5 randomly selected spikes per interictal focus, recorded in the course of separate monitoring studies with BPSE and FPSE. We represented the voltage differences as ratios V(ATE/FPSE) and Y(ATE/BPSE) and calculated a mean ratio for each spike set. The spikes' voltage was almost identical at BPSE and at ATE (mean Y(ATE/BPSE) = 0.94), while it was significantly higher at FPSE than at ATE (mean V(ATE/FPSE) = 0.66; P < 0.001, t test). A significantly narrower electric field contour was found among interictal foci in which FPSE yielded additional data during interictal (P < 0.001) and ictal (P = 0.016) recordings. Conversely, V(ATE/FPSE) did not differ from V(ATE/BPSE) among interictal foci where FPSE failed to yield any advantage over BPSE in either interictal (P = 0.240), or ictal (P = 0.311) recordings. These findings prove that SE yield additional localizing data when recording epileptiform activity with a restricted field, provided that its recording tip is positioned below the FO. When distant from FO, SE can be expected to yield comparable data to that obtained with ATE.
AB - The advantage of using sphenoidal (SE) over antero-temporal electrodes (ATE) remains controversial among epileptologists. Yet, in a recently published study of 17 patients with seizures of antero-temporal origin (Kanner et al., 1995), we demonstrated that SE placed under fluoroscopic guidance (FPSE), in order to insure that their recording tips are positioned immediately below the foramen ovale (FO), yielded a significant advantage over SE placed with the standard blind method of insertion (BPSE), in both interictal and ictal recordings. This study was done to test the following hypothesis: FPSE advantage over BPSE and ATE resides in the recording of epileptiform activity with a restricted electric field. We compared spike voltages at FPSE, BPSE and ATE in sets of 5 randomly selected spikes per interictal focus, recorded in the course of separate monitoring studies with BPSE and FPSE. We represented the voltage differences as ratios V(ATE/FPSE) and Y(ATE/BPSE) and calculated a mean ratio for each spike set. The spikes' voltage was almost identical at BPSE and at ATE (mean Y(ATE/BPSE) = 0.94), while it was significantly higher at FPSE than at ATE (mean V(ATE/FPSE) = 0.66; P < 0.001, t test). A significantly narrower electric field contour was found among interictal foci in which FPSE yielded additional data during interictal (P < 0.001) and ictal (P = 0.016) recordings. Conversely, V(ATE/FPSE) did not differ from V(ATE/BPSE) among interictal foci where FPSE failed to yield any advantage over BPSE in either interictal (P = 0.240), or ictal (P = 0.311) recordings. These findings prove that SE yield additional localizing data when recording epileptiform activity with a restricted field, provided that its recording tip is positioned below the FO. When distant from FO, SE can be expected to yield comparable data to that obtained with ATE.
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KW - fluoroscopy
KW - foramen ovale
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