Lesionectomy in Epileptogenic Temporal Lobe Lesions: Preoperative Seizure Course and Postoperative Outcome

Acta Neurochirurgica, Supplement

Volumn 1997, Issue 68, 1997, Pages 64-69

  Casazza, M ^a   Avanzini, G ^a   Ciceri, E ^a   Spreafico, R ^a   Broggi, G ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF NEUROSURGERY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Amygdalo hippocampectomy; Epilepsy; Lesionectomy; Temporal lobe lesion

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN TUMOR; CAVERNOUS HEMANGIOMA; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PSYCHOSURGERY; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; TEMPORAL LOBE; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMYGDALA; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEMANGIOMA, CAVERNOUS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PSYCHOSURGERY; STEREOTAXIC TECHNIQUES; SUPRATENTORIAL NEOPLASMS; TEMPORAL LOBE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030628710     PISSN: 00651419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-7091-6513-3_12     Document Type: Article

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