Hemispherectomy for the control of intractable epilepsy in childhood: Comparison of 2 surgical techniques in a single institution

Neurosurgery

Volumn 67, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2010, Pages

  Kwan, Allison ^a   Ng, Wai Hoe ^a,b   Otsubo, Hiroshi ^a   Ochi, Ayako ^a   Snead III, O Carter ^a   Tamber, Mandeep S ^a   Rutka, James T ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL NEUROSCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Epilepsy surgery; Hemidecortication; Hemispherectomy; Hemispherotomy; Seizures

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BENIGN CHILDHOOD EPILEPSY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMIDECORTICATION; HEMIPARESIS; HEMISPHERECTOMY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OPERATION DURATION; PERI INSULAR HEMISPHEROTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; SHUNTING; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; CEREBRUM; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HEMISPHERECTOMY; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78650619524     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/NEU.0b013e3181f743dc     Document Type: Article

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