Multiple subpial transections in the treatment of pediatric epilepsy

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 100, Issue 2 SUPPL., 2004, Pages 118-124

  Blount, Jeffrey P ^a   Langburt, Wayne ^a   Otsubo, Hiroshi ^a   Chitoku, Shiro ^a   Ochi, Ayako ^a   Weiss, Shelly ^a   Snead, O Carter ^a   Rutka, James T ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Multiple subpial transections; Pediatric neurosurgery

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BENIGN CHILDHOOD EPILEPSY; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN RADIOGRAPHY; BRAIN SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ELECTROCORTICOGRAPHY; ELECTRODE; ENGEL CLASSIFICATION; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC FOCUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MORBIDITY; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MULTIPLE SUBPIAL TRANSECTION; NEUROSURGERY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT MONITORING; PIA MATER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SEIZURE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0942301478     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/ped.2004.100.2.0118     Document Type: Article

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