The impact of radiofrequency thermocoagulation on brain connectivity in drug-resistant epilepsy: Insights from stereo-electroencephalography and cortico-cortical evoked potentials.

Epilepsia · 2025 · PMC11997927 · PMID 39831797

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In addition, we observed a trend toward significance in the alpha band ( p = 0.06). 3.6 Correlation of boost score between recording or stimulation and coagulation site Contact pairs involved in significantly changed connections following RFTC showed higher maximal correlation between either stimulation or recording boost score and coagulation site in the delta band (Figure 4B ). 3.7 CCEP reproducibility The mean percentage of significantly different connections between identical stimulation sessions was 10.26% (8.41%–13.26%).

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The mean ratio of significantly altered connections exhibited a decreasing trend from coagulated to hybrid to non‐coagulated contacts, spanning from 73.6% to 22.2%.

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