The value of routine electroencephalographic recordings in predicting postoperative seizures associated with meningioma surgery

Neurosurgical Review

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 108-112

  Rothoerl, Ralf D ^a   Bernreuther, D ^a   Woertgen, C ^a   Brawanski, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

EEG; Meningioma; Seizure; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENINGIOMA; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEIZURE; TELEPHONE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CRANIOTOMY; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENINGEAL NEOPLASMS; MENINGIOMA; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEIZURES;

EID: 0038749235     PISSN: 03445607     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10143-002-0240-y     Document Type: Article

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