Combining MEG and MRI with neuronavigation for treatment of an epileptiform spike focus in the precentral region: A technical case report

Surgical Neurology

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 40-45

  Duffner, Frank ^a   Freudenstein, Dirk ^a   Schiffbauer, Hagen ^a   Preissl, Hubert ^b   Siekmann, R ^c   Birbaumer, Niels ^b   Grote, Ernst H ^a  

^a Visceral and Transplant Surgery   (Germany)

^b MEG Center   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brain tumor; Epilepsy; Intraoperative electrophysiological recordings; Magnetic source imaging; Magnetoencephalography; Neuronavigation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; DISEASE COURSE; EPILEPTIC FOCUS; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; GLIOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; RECURRENT DISEASE; SEIZURE; SENSORY CORTEX; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037214926     PISSN: 00903019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0090-3019(02)00972-2     Document Type: Article

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