Seizure outcome with surgical management of epileptogenic ganglioglioma: A study of 55 patients

Acta Neurochirurgica

Volumn 154, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 855-861

  Hu, Wen Han ^a,b   Ge, Ming ^a   Zhang, Kai ^a   Meng, Fan Gang ^b   Zhang, Jian Guo ^a,b  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Ganglioglioma; Intraoperative electrocorticography (ECoG); Intraoperative ultrasound (IOUS); Simple lesionectomy; Tailored epilepsy surgery

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; ADULT; APHASIA; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN MAGNETIC RESONANCE; BRAIN SURGERY; CANCER SURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; ELECTROCORTICOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTOGENIC GANGLIOGLIOMA; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; GLIOMA; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LESIONECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE CELL; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEROPERATIVE ECHOGRAPHY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEIZURE; SIMPLE PARTIAL SEIZURE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TEMPORAL LOBE; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GANGLIOGLIOMA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEIZURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862684711     PISSN: 00016268     EISSN: 09420940     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00701-011-1259-z     Document Type: Article

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