Parietal lobe epilepsy: Surgical treatment and outcome

Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 175-185

  Kim, Chi Heon ^a,b   Chung, Chun Kee ^a,b   Lee, Sang Kun ^a,b   Lee, Yoon Kyung ^a,b   Chi, Je G ^a,b  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Parietal lobe epilepsy; Seizure; Surgical treatment

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

BLEEDING; COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; CORTICAL DYSPLASIA; CRANIOTOMY; EPILEPTIC STATE; HUMAN; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OLIGODENDROGLIOMA; PARIETAL EPILEPSY; PARIETAL LOBE; PATHOLOGY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; REVIEW; SEIZURE; SIMPLE PARTIAL SEIZURE; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURGICAL INFECTION; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; EPILEPSY, COMPLEX PARTIAL; EPILEPSY, TONIC-CLONIC; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARIETAL LOBE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 10844281729     PISSN: 10116125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000082206     Document Type: Review

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