Surgical strategies for approaching hypothalamic hamartomas causing gelastic seizures in the pediatric population: Transventricular compared with skull base approaches

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 103 PEDIATRICS, Issue SUPPL. 4, 2005, Pages 325-332

  Feiz Erfan, Iman ^b   Horn, Eric M ^b   Rekate, Harold L ^a   Spetzler, Robert F ^b   Ng, Yui Tze ^b   Rosenfeld, Jeffrey V ^b   Kerrigan III, John F ^b  

^a BARROW NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Gelastic seizure; Hamartoma; Hypothalamus; Pediatric neurosurgery

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIOTOMY; DISEASE COURSE; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GELASTIC SEIZURE; HAMARTOMA; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS TUMOR; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; NEUROENDOSCOPY; OSTEOTOMY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SKULL SURGERY; SURGICAL APPROACH; TREATMENT OUTCOME; BRAIN VENTRICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENDOSCOPY; METHODOLOGY; NEUROSURGERY; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEIZURE; SKULL BASE;

CEREBRAL VENTRICLES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HAMARTOMA; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMIC NEOPLASMS; LAUGHTER; MALE; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; SEIZURES; SKULL BASE;

EID: 32944458210     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 00223085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/ped.2005.103.4.0325     Document Type: Article

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