Palliative temporal resection for the treatment of intractable bioccipital epilepsy

Epileptic Disorders

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 97-105

  Kinay, Demet ^a   Dubeau, François ^a   Andermann, Frederick ^a   Olivier, André ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bioccipital epilepsy; Palliative temporal resection; SEEG; Seizure spread; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYGDALOHIPPOCAMPECTOMY; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; AUTOMATISM; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN SURGERY; CASE REPORT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FALLING; FEMALE; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; INTRACTABLE BIOCCIPITAL EPILEPSY; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE SPREAD; STEREOELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; TEMPORAL LOBE; TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT;

ADULT; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; MALE; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PALLIATIVE CARE; PARIETAL LOBE; RADIOSURGERY; TEMPORAL LOBE; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 3042563898     PISSN: 12949361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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