Surgical treatment of pediatric epilepsy

Seminars in Neurosurgery

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 71-80

  Ojemann, Jeffrey G ^a  

^a ST LOUIS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Hemispherectomy; Intractable seizures; Temporal lobectomy; Vagus nerve stimulator

Indexed keywords

BENIGN CHILDHOOD EPILEPSY; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEVICE; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEMISPHERECTOMY; HUMAN; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROSURGERY; PATIENT MONITORING; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

EID: 0036522157     PISSN: 15268012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2002-35249     Document Type: Review

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