Hemispherotomy and other disconnective techniques

Neurosurgical Focus

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  de Ribaupierre, Sandrine ^a   Delalande, Olivier ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b Pediatric Surgery Unit   (France)

Author keywords

Disconnective technique; Epilepsy; Hemispherotomy; Hypothalamic hamartoma; Posterior disconnection

Indexed keywords

BRAIN CORTEX; CORPUS CALLOSUM; EPILEPSY; HAMARTOMA; HEMISPHERECTOMY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NEUROENDOSCOPY; PATHOLOGY; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; REVIEW;

CEREBRAL CORTEX; CORPUS CALLOSUM; EPILEPSY; HAMARTOMA; HEMISPHERECTOMY; HUMANS; NEUROENDOSCOPY; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 56649087908     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10920684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/FOC/2008/25/9/E14     Document Type: Review

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