Depth electrode implantation in the length axis of the hippocampus for the presurgical evaluation of medial temporal lobe epilepsy: A computed tomography-based stereotactic insertion technique and its accuracy

Neurosurgery

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 819-826

  Van Roost, Dirk ^a   Solymosi, László ^a   Schramm, Johannes ^a   Van Oosterwyck, Birgitt ^a   Elger, Christian E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Depth electrodes; Epilepsy; Hippocampus; Seizure; Stereotaxy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY;

AMYGDALA; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, COMPLEX PARTIAL; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STEREOTAXIC TECHNIQUES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0031720859     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006123-199810000-00058     Document Type: Article

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