Minimally invasive magnetic resonance imaging-guided stereotactic radiofrequency thermocoagulation for epileptogenic hypothalamic hamartomas

Neurosurgery

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 438-449

  Kameyama, Shigeki ^a   Murakami, Hiroatsu ^a   Masuda, Hiroshi ^a   Sugiyama, Ichiro ^a  

^a NISHI NIIGATA CHUO NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Encephalopathy; Epilepsy; Gelastic seizure; Hypothalamic hamartoma; Radiofrequency thermocoagulation; Stereotactic surgery

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN AGONIST;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPTOGENIC HYPOTHALAMIC HAMARTOMA; FEMALE; GELASTIC SEIZURE; HAMARTOMA; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS TUMOR; INTELLIGENCE; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRECOCIOUS PUBERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAFETY; SCHOOL CHILD; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; STEREOTACTIC PROCEDURE; STEREOTACTIC RADIOFREQUENCY THERMOCOAGULATION; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROCOAGULATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HAMARTOMA; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMIC DISEASES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETOCARDIOGRAPHY; MALE; RADIOSURGERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 69549137030     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000348292.39252.B5     Document Type: Article

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