A retrospective study comparing preoperative evaluations and postoperative outcomes in paediatric and adult patients undergoing surgical resection for refractory epilepsy

Seizure

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 444-449

  Yu, Tao ^a   Zhang, Guojun ^a   Kohrman, Michael H ^b   Wang, Yuping ^a   Cai, Lixin ^a   Shu, Wei ^a   Piao, Yuanyuan ^a   Li, Yongjie ^a  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Outcome; Paediatric patient; Resection; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN SURGERY; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL DYSPLASIA; ELECTROCORTICOGRAPHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC FOCUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GROUPS BY AGE; HEMISPHERE; HEMISPHERECTOMY; HIPPOCAMPAL SCLEROSIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSURGERY; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ONSET AGE; PATIENT MONITORING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SCHOOL CHILD; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84862176206     PISSN: 10591311     EISSN: 15322688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seizure.2012.04.010     Document Type: Article

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