Lateral temporal lobectomy with hippocampal disconnection as an alternative surgical technique for temporal lobe epilepsy

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 634-635

  Ng, Wai Hoe ^a,b   Valiante, Taufik ^a  

^a TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL NEUROSCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Epilepsy surgery; Temporal lobe epilepsy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN HERNIA; CASE REPORT; CAUCASIAN; DANDY WALKER SYNDROME; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HIPPOCAMPAL DISCONNECTION; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; STANDARD; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TEMPORAL LOBE; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY;

ADULT; ANTERIOR TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MALE; TEMPORAL LOBE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77949915587     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2009.08.008     Document Type: Article

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