Stereotactic amygdalohippocampectomy for temporal lobe epilepsy: Promising results in 16 patients

Epileptic Disorders

Volumn 9, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2007, Pages

  Kalina, Miroslav ^a   Liščk, Roman ^a   Vojtěch, Zdeněk ^a   Adámková, Eva ^a   Procházka, Tomáš ^a   Marečková, Iva ^a   Vladyka, Vilidald ^a  

^a NA HOMOLCE HOSPITAL   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Epilepsy surgery; Seizure outcome; Stereotactic amygdalohippocampectomy; Temporal lobe epilepsy

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE;

ADULT; AGED; AMYGDALOHIPPOCAMPECTOMY; ARTICLE; BRAIN SURGERY; CELPHALEA; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; LIQUORRHEA; MALE; MENINGISM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; STEREOTACTIC PROCEDURE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; VIDEORECORDING; WADA TEST;

ADULT; AMYGDALA; DRUG RESISTANCE; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; STEREOTAXIC TECHNIQUES;

EID: 40449132698     PISSN: 12949361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1684/epd.2008.0158     Document Type: Article

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