Insular lesionectomy for refractory epilepsy: Management and outcome

Brain

Volumn 132, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1048-1056

  Von Lehe, M ^a,b   Wellmer, J ^a   Urbach, H ^a   Schramm, J ^a   Elger, C E ^a   Clusmann, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BONN   (Germany)

^b Neurochirurgische Universittsklinik   (Germany)

Author keywords

Epilepsy surgery; Insular lobe; Seizure outcome

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN SURGERY; CANCER GRADING; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCORTICOGRAPHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; FOLLOW UP; FRONTAL LOBE; GLIOMA; HEMIANOPIA; HEMIPARESIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPESTHESIA; INFANT; INSULA; INSULAR LESIONECTOMY; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MALE; MORBIDITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEIZURE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPTOM; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 65249128573     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: 14602156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/awp047     Document Type: Article

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