Utility of ictal single photon emission computed tomography in mesial temporal lobe epilepsy with hippocampal atrophy: A randomized trial

Neurosurgery

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 431-436

  Velasco, Tonicarlo R ^a   Wichert Ana, Lauro ^b   Mathern, Gary W ^e   Araújo, David ^c   Walz, Roger ^a   Bianchin, Marino M ^a   Dalmagro, Charles L ^f   Leite, Joao P ^a   Santos, Antonio C ^c   Assirati Jr , Joao A ^d   Carlotti Jr , Carlos G ^d   Sakamoto, Americo C ^a  

^a Epidemiology and Human Genetics   (United States)

^b Departments of Nuclear Medicine   (United States)

^c Departments of Radiology   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^e FLOREY INSTITUTE OF NEUROSCIENCE AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical utility; Diagnostic test; Epilepsy surgery; Ictal SPECT; Presurgical evaluation; Randomized; Temporal lobe epilepsy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FISTULA; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CRANIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HEMIPARESIS; HIPPOCAMPAL SCLEROSIS; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANIA; MESIAL TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; TELEMETRY; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY;

ADULT; ATROPHY; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MALE; SCLEROSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 79951680543     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/NEU.0b013e318201c293     Document Type: Article

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