Hemispherotomy: Description of surgical technique

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 466-472

  Smith, Joseph R ^a   Fountas, Kostas N ^a,b   Lee, Mark R ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Callosotomy; Disconnection; Hemispherotomy; Hydrocephalus; Intractable seizures; Surgical technique

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE;

ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; FOLLOW UP; HEMISPHERECTOMY; HUMAN; INHALATION ANESTHESIA; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; OPERATION DURATION; PATIENT POSITIONING; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBSTITUTION THERAPY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BRAIN DISEASES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEMISPHERECTOMY; HUMANS; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 21344465225     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-004-1067-3     Document Type: Article

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