The interhemispheric transcallosal-transversal approach to the lesions of the anterior and middle third ventricle: Surgical validity and neuropsychological evaluation of the outcome

Brain and Cognition

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 525-534

  Mazza, M ^a   Di Rienzo, A ^b   Costagliola, C ^b   Roncone, R ^a   Casacchia, M ^a   Ricci, A ^b   Galzio, R J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^b SAN SALVATORE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Corpus callosum vascularization; Third ventricle tumours; Transcallosal approach

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN THIRD VENTRICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERHEMISPHERIC LONGITUDINAL CALLOSOTOMY; INTERHEMISPHERIC TRANSVERSE CALLOSOTOMY; MALE; NEUROLOGICAL AND SENSORIAL PROCEDURES; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NEUROSURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL FIELD;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ASTROCYTOMA; ATTENTION; BRAIN DISEASES; CEREBRAL VENTRICLE NEOPLASMS; CEREBRAL VENTRICLES; CHILD; COGNITION; CORPUS CALLOSUM; CYSTS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 3042519403     PISSN: 02782626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bandc.2004.03.005     Document Type: Article

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