Visual field defects in selective amygdalohippocampectomy for hippocampal sclerosis: The fate of meyers loop during the transsylvian approach to the temporal horn

Neurosurgery

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 507-513

  Yeni, S Naz ^a   Tanriover, Necmettin ^a,c   Uyanik, Özlem ^a   Ulu, Mustafa Onur ^b   Özkara, Çiǧdem ^a   Karaaǧaç, Naci ^a   Ozyurt, Emin ^b   Uzan, Mustafa ^b  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c Eflatun Sok Leylak Sitesi   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Amygdalohippocampectomy; Epilepsy; Epilepsy surgery; Microsurgical anatomy; Optic radiation; Temporal lobe; Visual field

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE EXAMINATION; FEMALE; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HIPPOCAMPAL SCLEROSIS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MEYERS LOOP; NEUROSURGERY; PERIMETRY; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TEMPORAL LOBE; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; TRANSSYLVIAN SELECTIVE AMYGDALOHIPPOCAMPECTOMY; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EPILEPSY; FOLLOW UP; HIPPOCAMPUS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; SCLEROSIS; VISUAL DISORDER; VISUAL FIELD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMYGDALA; CHILD; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; SCLEROSIS; TEMPORAL LOBE; VISION DISORDERS; VISUAL FIELDS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 65849248930     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000324895.19708.68     Document Type: Article

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