Epilepsy surgery in children: Outcomes and complications

Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 277-283

  Kim, Seung Ki ^a   Wang, Kyu Chang ^a   Hwang, Yong Seung ^a   Ki, Joong Kim ^a   Jong, Hee Chae ^a   Kim, In One ^a   Cho, Byung Kyu ^a  

^a Seoul National University Children's Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Children; Complication; Epilepsy surgery; Outcome

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN SURGERY; CALLOSOTOMY; CHILD; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAMARTOMA; HEMIPARESIS; HEMISPHERECTOMY; HUMAN; KOREA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEIZURE; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TREATMENT FAILURE; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CEREBRUM; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CORPUS CALLOSUM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HAMARTOMA; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; TEMPORAL LOBE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 42149195054     PISSN: 19330707     EISSN: 19330715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/PED/2008/1/4/277     Document Type: Article

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