Acute postoperative seizures following anterior temporal lobectomy for intractable partial epilepsy

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 177-182

  Malla, Bhaskara Rao ^a,b   O'Brien, Terence J ^a,c   Cascino, Gregory D ^a   So, Elson L ^a   Radhakrishnan, Kurupath ^a,b   Silbert, Peter ^a,d   Marsh, W Richard ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b SREE CHITRA TIRUNAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^c ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anterior temporal lobectomy; Postoperative seizure; Temporal lobe epilepsy; Temporal lobe seizure epilepsy surgery

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; MALE; PATIENT COUNSELING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE;

EID: 0031843503     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.1998.89.2.0177     Document Type: Article

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