Radiofrequency lesioning for epileptogenic periventricular nodular heterotopia: A rational approach

Epilepsia

Volumn 52, Issue 9, 2011, Pages

  Schmitt, Friedhelm C ^a   Voges, Juergen ^a   Buentjen, Lars ^a   Woermann, Friedrich ^b   Pannek, Heinz W ^b   Skalej, Martin ^a   Heinze, Hans Jochen ^a   Ebner, Alois ^b  

^a OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b EPILEPSY CENTER BETHEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Epilepsy surgery; Epileptogenity; Network; Stereotaxy; Thermoablation; Thermocoagulation

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; LAMOTRIGINE;

ADULT; ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; APHASIC SEIZURE; ARTICLE; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN NECROSIS; BRAIN SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CLONIC SEIZURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONCENTRATION LOSS; ELECTRODE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC FOCUS; FAMILY HISTORY; FOLLOW UP; FRONTAL LOBE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HUMAN; INSULA; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERIVENTRICULAR HETEROTOPIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RADIOFREQUENCY LESIONING; SEIZURE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIVENTRICULAR NODULAR HETEROTOPIA; STEREOTAXIC TECHNIQUES;

EID: 80052548131     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2011.03116.x     Document Type: Article

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