Nonlesional central lobule seizures: Use of awake cortical mapping and subdural grid monitoring for resection of seizure focus

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 98, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1255-1262

  Cohen Gadol, Aaron A ^a,b   Britton, Jeffrey W ^a   Collignon, Frederic P ^a   Bates, Lisa M ^a   Cascino, Gregory D ^a   Meyer, Fredderic B ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Awake craniotomy; Central lobule; Cortical mapping; Epilepsy; Seizure focus resection

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN MAPPING; CINGULATE GYRUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CRANIOTOMY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPTIC FOCUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROLANDIC EPILEPSY; SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIDEORECORDING; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 0037850647     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.2003.98.6.1255     Document Type: Article

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