Temporal lobe surgery for intractable epilepsy in children: An analysis of outcomes in 126 children

Neurosurgery

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1203-1213

  Benifla, Mony ^a   Otsubo, Hiroshi ^a   Ochi, Ayako ^a   Weiss, Shelly K ^a   Donner, Elizabeth J ^a   Shroff, Manohar ^a   Chuang, Sylvester ^a   Hawkins, Cynthia ^a   Drake, James M ^a   Elliott, Irene ^a   Smith, Mary Lou ^a   Snead III, O Carter ^a   Rutka, James T ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Pediatric neurosurgery; Risk factors; Seizure outcome; Temporal lobe epilepsy; Temporal lobectomy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; ASTROCYTOSIS; BRAIN TUMOR; CANADA; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONGENITAL BLOOD VESSEL MALFORMATION; CORTICAL DYSPLASIA; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE DURATION; DYSPHASIA; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLIOMA; HIPPOCAMPAL SCLEROSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOMONYMOUS HEMIANOPIA; HUMAN; INFECTION; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ONSET AGE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; ONTARIO; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RECURRENCE; TEMPORAL LOBE; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33845657692     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000245615.32226.83     Document Type: Article

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