Functional hemispherectomy in adults with intractable epilepsy syndromes: A report of 4 cases

Epileptic Disorders

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 251-257

  Steinhoff, Bernhard J ^a   Staack, Anke Maren ^a   Bilic, Sofia ^a   Kraus, Uwe ^a   Schulze Bonhage, Andreas ^b   Zentner, Josef ^c  

^a EPILEPSIEZENTRUM KORK   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adults; Epilepsy surgery; Functional hemispherectomy; Risk benefit ratio

Indexed keywords

ADULTHOOD; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HAND FUNCTION; HEMISPHERECTOMY; HUMAN; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SEIZURE; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; ANTICONVULSANTS; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; DRUG RESISTANCE; EPILEPSY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HEMATOMA, SUBDURAL; HEMISPHERECTOMY; HUMANS; LYMPHANGIOMA, CYSTIC; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENTAL PROCESSES; MENTAL RETARDATION; MOTOR CORTEX; PARESIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATUS EPILEPTICUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70449641031     PISSN: 12949361     EISSN: 19506945     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1684/epd.2009.0263     Document Type: Article

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