Peri-Insular Hemispherotomy: Potential Pitfalls and Avoidance of Complications

Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery

Volumn 80, Issue 1-4, 2003, Pages 22-27

  Daniel, Roy Thomas ^a   Villemure, Jean Guy ^a  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Hemispherectomy; Intractable epilepsy; Peri insular hemispherotomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN HERNIA; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID DRAINAGE; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEATH; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HEMIPARESIS; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMAN; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MALE; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROSURGERY; OBSERVATION; PERI INSULAR HEMISPHEROTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROPHYLAXIS; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROSURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0842277793     PISSN: 10116125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000075155     Document Type: Conference Paper

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