Seizure outcome of epilepsy surgery in focal epilepsies associated with temporomesial glioneuronal tumors: Lesionectomy compared with tailored resection - Clinical article

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 111, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1275-1282

  Giulioni, Marco ^a   Rubboli, Guido ^a   Marucci, Gianluca ^b   Martinoni, Matteo ^a   Volpi, Lilia ^a   Michelucci, Roberto ^a   Marliani, Anna Federica ^b   Bisulli, Francesca ^b   Tinuper, Paolo ^b   Castana, Laura ^c   Sartori, Ivana ^c   Calbucci, Fabio ^a  

^a BELLARIA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c OSPEDALE NIGUARDA CA GRANDA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anterior temporal lobectomy; Epilepsy surgery; Glioneuronal tumor; Lesionectomy; Seizure outcome; Tailored resection

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; ENGEL CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM; EPILEPTIC FOCUS; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LESIONECTOMY; MALE; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEIZURE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TAILORED RESECTION; TEMPOROMESIAL GLIONEURONAL TUMORS; BRAIN; EPILEPSY; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HOSPITALIZATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGERY; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEIZURES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70449650800     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 19330693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2009.3.JNS081350     Document Type: Article

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