When is a postoperative seizure equivalent to "epilepsy recurrence" after epilepsy surgery?

Epilepsia

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 994-1003

  Jehi, Lara ^a   Sarkis, Rani ^a   Bingaman, William ^a   Kotagal, Prakash ^a   Najm, Imad ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Epilepsy surgery; First seizure; Outcome; Refractory

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENT DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECURRENCE; SEIZURES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954639715     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2010.02556.x     Document Type: Article

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