Surgical management of hypothalamic hamartomas with epilepsy: The stereoendoscopic approach

Neurosurgery

Volumn 59, Issue 4 SUPPL. 2, 2006, Pages

  Procaccini, Emidio ^a,b   Dorfmüller, Georg ^a   Fohlen, Martine ^a   Bulteau, Christine ^a   Delalande, Olivier ^a  

^a FONDATION OPHTALMOLOGIQUE ADOLPHE DE ROTHSCHILD   (France)

^b BAMBINO GESÙ CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Endoscopy; Hypothalamic hamartoma; Intractable epilepsy; Stereotaxy; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAMERA; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIABETES INSIPIDUS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ENDOCRINOLOGY; ENDOSCOPY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FIBEROSCOPE; FOLLOW UP; HAMARTOMA; HUMAN; HYPOPITUITARISM; HYPOTHALAMIC HAMARTOMA; HYPOTHALAMUS DISEASE; INFANT; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; MALE; MICROSURGERY; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; STEREOENDOSCOPY; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; ENDOSCOPY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HAMARTOMA; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMIC DISEASES; MALE; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; STEREOTAXIC TECHNIQUES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33750057968     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000233900.06146.72     Document Type: Article

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