Epilepsy surgery in the first 3 years of life: A Canadian survey

Epilepsia

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1442-1449

  Steinbok, Paul ^a,b   Gan, Peter Y C ^b   Connolly, Mary B ^b   Carmant, Lionel ^c   Barry Sinclair, D ^d   Rutka, James ^e   Griebel, Robert ^f   Aronyk, Keith ^d   Hader, Walter ^g   Ventureyra, Enrique ^h   Atkinson, Jeffrey ⁱ  

^a Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^e HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^h CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF EASTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

ⁱ MONTREAL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Children; Complications; Epilepsy surgery; Infants; Outcome

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASEPTIC MENINGITIS; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN MALFORMATION; BRAIN TUMOR; CANADA; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; EPIDURAL HEMATOMA; EPILEPSY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; MUTISM; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPTICEMIA; STURGE WEBER SYNDROME; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA; TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; WOUND INFECTION;

AGE FACTORS; CANADA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 66849089733     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2008.01992.x     Document Type: Article

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