Significance of preserving the vein of Labbé in epilepsy surgery involving temporal lobe resection

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 105 PEDIATRICS, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2006, Pages 210-213

  Sood, Sandeep ^a   Asano, Eishi ^a   Chugani, Harry T ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Epilepsy surgery; Pediatric neurosurgery; Temporal lobectomy; Vein of Labb

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN VEIN; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPORAL LOBE; TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY; FOLLOW UP; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULARIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTERIOR TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY; CEREBRAL VEINS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TEMPORAL LOBE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33750137637     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 00223085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/ped.2006.105.3.210     Document Type: Article

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