Gray matter overlying anterior basal temporal sulci as an intraoperative landmark for locating the temporal horn in amygdalohippocampectomies

Neurosurgery

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

  Wen, Hung T ^a,b,c   Rhoton Jr , Albert L ^b   Marino Jr , Raul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c cj 52 ^*  (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amygdalohippocampectomy epilepsy surgery; Microsurgical anatomy; Occipitotemporal sulcus; Rhinal sulcus; Temporal horn; Temporal lobectomy

Indexed keywords

SILICONE;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; BRAIN SURGERY; CADAVER; GRAY MATTER; HEAD; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL PHOTOGRAPHY; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBICULUM; SURGICAL ANATOMY; TEMPORAL LOBE; TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY; WHITE MATTER;

AMYGDALA; CRANIOTOMY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE CARE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEURONS; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 33750088693     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000223351.19962.D8     Document Type: Article

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