Insertion of subdural strip electrodes for the investigation of temporal lobe epilepsy. Technical note

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 106, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1102-1106

  Steven, David A ^a,b   Andrade Souza, Yuri M ^a   Burneo, Jorge G ^a   McLachlan, Richard S ^a   Parrent, Andrew G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Epilepsy surgery; Invasive monitoring; Lateralization; Subdural electrode; Temporal lobe epilepsy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CRANIOTOMY; ELECTRODE; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TEMPORAL LOBE; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY;

CRANIOTOMY; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STEREOTAXIC TECHNIQUES; SUBDURAL SPACE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 34249870092     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 00223085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.2007.106.6.1102     Document Type: Article

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