Tailored cortical resection following image guided subdural grid implantation for medically refractory epilepsy

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1398-1408

  Liubinas, Simon V ^a   Cassidy, Denis ^a   Roten, Annie ^a   Kaye, Andrew H ^a,b   O'Brien, Terence J ^a,b  

^a ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Electroencephalography; Epilepsy; Epilepsy resection; Subdural

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CYSTEINE ETHYL ESTER TC 99M; DEXAMETHASONE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; TEMOZOLOMIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN SURGERY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DYSARTHRIA; DYSPHASIA; ELECTRODE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; GLIOSIS; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA; TONGUE DISEASE;

ADULT; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; SUBDURAL SPACE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70449521084     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2009.03.012     Document Type: Article

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