Is epilepsy surgery on both hemispheres effective?

Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery

Volumn 82, Issue 5-6, 2004, Pages 214-221

  Patil, Arun Angelo ^b,c   Andrews, Richard V ^a   Johnson, Matthew ^b   Rodriguez Sierra, Jorge F ^b  

^a Ra Neurological   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Section of Neurosurgery   (United States)

Author keywords

Both hemispheres; Epilepsy surgery; Multiple subpial transections

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN SURGERY; CHILD; COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DURA MATER; ELECTRODE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC FOCUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMISPHERE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; INFANTILE SPASM; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LENNOX GASTAUT SYNDROME; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; MYOCLONUS SEIZURE; MYOTONIA; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PATIENT MONITORING; PIA MATER; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; SCALP; SEIZURE; SEX RATIO; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIDEORECORDING; WADA TEST; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEMISPHERECTOMY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEMISPHERECTOMY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 15844399383     PISSN: 10116125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000082769     Document Type: Article

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