Palliative hemispherotomy in children with bilateral seizure onset: Clinical article

Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 381-388

  Ciliberto, Michael Anthony ^a   Limbrick, David ^a   Powers, Alexander ^b   Titus, Jeffrey B ^c   Munro, Rebecca ^a   Smyth, Matthew D ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Electroencephalography; Epilepsy; Palliative hemispherotomy; Quality of life; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; DISEASE CONTROL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALING IMPAIRMENT; HEMIPLEGIA; HEMISPHEROTOMY; HOMONYMOUS HEMIANOPIA; HUMAN; HYGROMA; INFANT; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NEUROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PARENT; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL STATUS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BRAIN; CHILD; COGNITION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, TONIC-CLONIC; FEMALE; HEMISPHERECTOMY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PARENTS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEIZURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84859385831     PISSN: 19330707     EISSN: 19330715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2011.12.PEDS11334     Document Type: Article

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