Modified approach for the selective treatment of temporal lobe epilepsy: Transsylvian-transcisternal mesial en bloc resection

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 88, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 855-862

  Vajkoczy, Peter ^a   Krakow, Karsten ^b   Stodieck, Stefan ^b   Pohlmann Eden, Bernd ^b   Schmiedek, Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Amygdalohippocampectomy; Complex partial seizure; Epilepsy surgery; Hippocampus; Parahippocampal gyrus; Surgical approach

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBICULUM; SURGICAL APPROACH; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY;

EID: 0031948230     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.1998.88.5.0855     Document Type: Article

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