Roman Liščák

Publications (2)4.58 Total impact

• Article: Cognitive outcome after stereotactic amygdalohippocampectomy.

  Zdeněk Vojtěch, Lenka Krámská, Hana Malíková, Kateřina Seltenreichová, Tomáš Procházka, Miroslav Kalina, Roman Liščák
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  ABSTRACT: We sought to determine the neuropsychological outcome after stereotactic radiofrequency amygdalohippocampectomy performed for intractable mesial temporal lobe epilepsy. The article describes the cases of 31 patients who were evaluated using the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-Revised and the Wechsler Memory Scale-Revised prior to, and one year after, surgery. Patients showed increases in their mean Full Scale, Verbal and Performance IQ scores of 4, 3 and 4 IQ points respectively (p<.05). 5 (17.2%), 4 (13.8%) and 4 (13.3%) patients improved in their Full-scale, Verbal and Performance IQ respectively. No significant changes were found in memory performance - with a mean increase of 1, 3 and 0 MQ points in Global, Verbal and Visual memory respectively (p<.05). Global memory improved in 3 (10.3%) patients, verbal memory in 1 (3.4%) and 1 patient (3.3%) showed deterioration in visual memory. Our results provide evidence for unchanged memory in patients with MTLE after the procedure. No verbal memory deterioration was detected in any of our patients, while improvements were found in intellectual performance. The results suggest that stereotactic radiofrequency amygdalahippocampectomy could be superior to open surgery in terms of its neurocognitive outcomes. A larger randomised trial of these approaches is justified.
  Seizure 03/2012; 21(5):327-33. · 1.80 Impact Factor
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  Article: Long-term tumor control of benign intracranial meningiomas after radiosurgery in a series of 4565 patients.

  Antonio Santacroce, Maja Walier, Jean Régis, Roman Liščák, Enrico Motti, Christer Lindquist, Andras Kemeny, Klaus Kitz, Bodo Lippitz, Roberto Martínez Álvarez, Paal-Henning Pedersen, Shoji Yomo, Francesco Lupidi, Karlheinz Dominikus, Philip Blackburn, Thomas Mindermann, Otto Bundschuh, A T C J van Eck, Rolf Fimmers, Gerhard A Horstmann
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  ABSTRACT: Radiosurgery is the main alternative to microsurgical resection for benign meningiomas. To assess the long-term efficacy and safety of radiosurgery for meningiomas with respect to tumor growth and prevention of associated neurological deterioration. Medium- to long-term outcomes have been widely reported, but no large multicenter series with long-term follow-up have been published. From 15 participating centers, we performed a retrospective observational analysis of 4565 consecutive patients harboring 5300 benign meningiomas. All were treated with Gamma Knife radiosurgery at least 5 years before assessment for this study. Clinical and imaging data were retrieved from each center and uniformly entered into a database by 1 author (A.S.). Median tumor volume was 4.8 cm³, and median dose to tumor margin was 14 Gy. All tumors with imaging follow-up < 24 months were excluded. Detailed results from 3768 meningiomas (71%) were analyzed. Median imaging follow-up was 63 months. The volume of treated tumors decreased in 2187 lesions (58%), remained unchanged in 1300 lesions (34.5%), and increased in 281 lesions (7.5%), giving a control rate of 92.5%. Only 84 (2.2%) enlarging tumors required further treatment. Five- and 10-year progression-free survival rates were 95.2% and 88.6%, respectively. Tumor control was higher for imaging defined tumors vs grade I meningiomas (P < .001), for female vs male patients (P < .001), for sporadic vs multiple meningiomas (P < .001), and for skull base vs convexity tumors (P < .001). Permanent morbidity rate was 6.6% at the last follow-up. Radiosurgery is a safe and effective method for treating benign meningiomas even in the medium to long term.
  Neurosurgery 07/2011; 70(1):32-9; discussion 39. · 2.79 Impact Factor