Long-term seizure outcome after corpus callosotomy: A retrospective analysis of 95 patients - Clinical article

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 110, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 332-342

  Tanriverdi, Taner ^a   Olivier, André ^a   Poulin, Nicole ^a   Andermann, Frederick ^a   Dubeau, François ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Callosotomy; Corpus callosum; Drop attack; Epilepsy; Generalized tonic clonic seizure; Seizure outcome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN SURGERY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSOTOMY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAND MAL EPILEPSY; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROSURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ADOLESCENT; BRAIN CORTEX; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FOCAL EPILEPSY; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCLONUS EPILEPSY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RECURRENT DISEASE; SYNCOPE; VIDEORECORDING;

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTICONVULSANTS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CORPUS CALLOSUM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSIES, MYOCLONIC; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; EPILEPSY, GENERALIZED; EPILEPSY, TONIC-CLONIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SYNCOPE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VIDEO RECORDING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 62649090735     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 19330693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2008.3.17570     Document Type: Article

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