Surgery and electrical stimulation in epilepsy: Selection of candidates and results

Neurologist

Volumn 13, Issue 6 SUPPL. 1, 2007, Pages

  Villanueva, Vicente ^a   Carreño, Mar ^b   Fernández, José Luís Herranz ^c   Gil Nagel, Antonio ^d  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA FE   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO MARQUÉS DE VALDECILLA   (Spain)

^d HOSPITAL RUBER INTERNACIONAL   (Spain)

Author keywords

Curative surgery; Palliative surgery; Radiosurgery; Vagus nerve stimulation

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EPILEPSY; HUMAN; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; HUMANS; NEUROSURGERY; PATIENT SELECTION;

EID: 37349052319     PISSN: 10747931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NRL.0b013e31815c0fbc     Document Type: Review

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