Memory outcome following transsylvian selective amygdalohippocampectomy in 62 patients with hippocampal sclerosis: Clinical article

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 110, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1164-1169

  Morino, Michiharu ^a   Ichinose, Tsutomu ^a   Uda, Takehiro ^a   Kondo, Kyoko ^a   Ohfuji, Satoko ^a   Ohata, Kenji ^a  

^a OSAKA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Epilepsy surgery; Hippocampal sclerosis; Memory outcome; Selective amygdalohippocampectomy; Transsylvian approach

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HIPPOCAMPAL SCLEROSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEMORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; TRANSSYLVIAN SELECTIVE AMYGDALOHIPPOCAMPECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANTERIOR TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY; COHORT STUDIES; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SCLEROSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 67650800345     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 19330693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2008.9.JNS08247     Document Type: Article

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