Transsylvian-transcisternal selective lesionectomy for pediatric lesional mesial temporal lobe epilepsy

Neurosurgery

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 582-587

  Lee, Ji Yeoun ^a   Phi, Ji Hoon ^a   Wang, Kyu Chang ^a   Cho, Byung Kyu ^a   Kim, Seung Ki ^a  

^a Seoul National University Children's Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Lesional; Mesial temporal lobe epilepsy; Pediatric; Transsylvian transcisternal approach

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

AGGRESSION; AMBIENT CISTERN; AMYGDALOHIPPOCAMPECTOMY; ARTICLE; BRAIN AQUEDUCT; BRAIN SURGERY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; EPILEPTIC FOCUS; FEMALE; FUSIFORM GYRUS; HEMIANOPIA; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; INFANT; IRRITABILITY; LESIONAL MESIAL TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; MALE; MOOD DISORDER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARAHIPPOCAMPAL GYRUS; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SURGICAL APPROACH; SYLVIAN FISSURE; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY; TRANSSYLVIAN TRANSCISTERNAL SELECTIVE LESIONECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNCUS; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CISTERNA MAGNA; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79951769955     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/NEU.0b013e3182077552     Document Type: Article

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