Operative technique: The anterior transcallosal transseptal interforniceal approach to the third ventricle and resection of hypothalamic hamartomas

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 738-744

  Rosenfeld, Jeffrey V ^a,b,e   Freeman, Jeremy L ^a,c,d   Harvey, A Simon ^a,c,d  

^a ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d AUSTIN HEALTH   (Australia)

^e ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

epilepsy surgery; fornix; hypothalamic hamartoma; memory; third ventricle; transcallosal surgery

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FORNIX; BRAIN SURGERY; BRAIN THIRD VENTRICLE; BRAIN VEIN; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES INSIPIDUS; DISSECTION; FEMALE; HAMARTOMA; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS TUMOR; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; MORBIDITY; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CORPUS CALLOSUM; FEMALE; FRONTAL BONE; HAMARTOMA; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMIC DISEASES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; THIRD VENTRICLE;

EID: 4444312060     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2004.03.008     Document Type: Article

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