Failure of temporal lobe resection for epilepsy in patients with mesial temporal sclerosis: Results and treatment options: Clinical article

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 110, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1127-1134

  Ramos, Edwin ^a   Benbadis, Selim ^a   Vale, Fernando L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b Department of Neurosurgery ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Amygdalohippocampectomy; Epilepsy surgery; Mesial temporal sclerosis; Reoperation; Temporal lobectomy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPAL SCLEROSIS; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALGORITHMS; ANTERIOR TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY; COHORT STUDIES; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SCLEROSIS; TEMPORAL LOBE; TREATMENT FAILURE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67650845376     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 19330693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2009.1.JNS08638     Document Type: Article

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