Selection of ideal candidates for extratemporal resective epilepsy surgery in a country with limited resources

Epileptic Disorders

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 38-47

  Chaudhry, Neera ^a   Radhakrishnan, Ashalatha ^a   Abraham, Mathew ^a   Kesavadas, Chandrasekharan ^a   Radhakrishnan, Venkataraman V ^a   Sarma, P Sankara ^a   Radhakrishnan, Kurupath ^a,b  

^a SREE CHITRA TIRUNAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b Department of Neurology ^*  (India)

Author keywords

Cost; Epilepsy; Extratemporal; Limited ressources; Outcome; Prognostic factors; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ABSCESS; BRAIN SURGERY; CHILD; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COGNITIVE DEFECT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; FEMALE; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEMIPARESIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPESTHESIA; INDIA; LUNG COLLAPSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENINGITIS; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT SELECTION; PNEUMOCEPHALUS; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SUBDURAL EMPYEMA; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT; ADOLESCENT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FOLLOW UP; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROGNOSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INDIA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROGNOSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77952309229     PISSN: 12949361     EISSN: 19506945     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1684/epd.2010.0301     Document Type: Article

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