Do sphenoidal electrodes aid in surgical decision making in drug resistant temporal lobe epilepsy?

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 123, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 463-470

  Cherian, Ajith ^a   Radhakrishnan, Ashalatha ^a   Parameswaran, Sajeesh ^a   Varma, Raviprasad ^a   Radhakrishnan, Kurupath ^a  

^a SREE CHITRA TIRUNAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Anterior temporal electrodes; Ictal onset; IEDs; Silverman's electrodes; Sphenoidal electrodes; TLE

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYGDALOHIPPOCAMPECTOMY; ARTICLE; BRAIN SURGERY; ELECTRODE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPAL SCLEROSIS; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT SELECTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCALP; SPHENIODAL ELECTRODE; SPHENOID; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TEMPORAL BONE; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY;

ADULT; ANTERIOR TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTRODES; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCALP; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPHENOID BONE;

EID: 84856219937     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: 18728952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2011.07.041     Document Type: Article

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