Periinsular hemispherotomy in children with stroke-induced refractory epilepsy: Clinical article

Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 115-120

  Scavarda, Didier ^a,b   Major, Philippe ^b   Lortie, Anne ^b   Mercier, Claude ^b   Carmant, Lionel ^b  

^a TIMONE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cerebral ischemia; Cerebrovascular disease; Epilepsy surgery; Pediatric stroke; Periinsular hemispherotomy; Seizure

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ARTICLE; BRAIN SURGERY; CALLOSOTOMY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; DISEASE FREE INTERVAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HANDEDNESS; HEMISPHEROTOMY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFANT; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NEUROSURGERY; NEWBORN; ONSET AGE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARENCHYMA; PERIINSULAR HEMISPHEROTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REFRACTORY PERIOD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEIZURE; STROKE; STROKE PATIENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THERAPY DELAY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; BRAIN CORTEX; CAROTID ARTERY; COHORT ANALYSIS; HEMISPHERECTOMY; PATHOLOGY;

ANTICONVULSANTS; CAROTID ARTERIES; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HEMISPHERECTOMY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 65249087371     PISSN: 19330707     EISSN: 19330715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2008.11.PEDS08218     Document Type: Article

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