Modifications to the subtemporal selective amygdalohippocampectomy using a minimal-access technique: Seizure and neuropsychological outcomes: Technical note

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 111, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1263-1274

  Little, Andrew S ^a   Smith, Kris A ^a   Kirlin, Kristin ^a   Baxter, Leslie C ^a   Chung, Steve ^a   Maganti, Rama ^a   Treiman, Davi D M ^a  

^a BARROW NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Mesial temporal sclerosis; Neuropsychological outcome; Subtemporal amygdalohippocampectomy; Temporal lobe epilepsy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN SURGERY; CEREBELLUM TENTORIUM; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COGNITION; CRANIOTOMY; DISEASE COURSE; EPILEPTIC AURA; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INCISION; LANGUAGE; MALE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; MOOD; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEIZURE; SUBTEMPORAL AMYGDALOHIPPOCAMPECTOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TEMPORAL LOBE; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; VERBAL MEMORY; VISUAL MEMORY; FOLLOW UP; MENTAL DISEASE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMYGDALA; CHILD; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; SEIZURES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 74949091681     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 19330693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2008.10.17673     Document Type: Article

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