Reoperative hemispherectomy for intractable epilepsy: A report of 36 patients

Neurosurgery

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 388-392

  Vadera, Sumeet ^a   Moosa, Ahsan N V ^a   Jehi, Lara ^a   Gupta, Ajay ^a   Kotagal, Prakash ^a   Lachhwani, Deepak ^a   Wyllie, Elaine ^a   Bingaman, William ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anatomic hemispherectomy; Functional hemispherectomy; Pediatric epilepsy; Reoperative hemispherectomy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALEXANDER DISEASE; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORTICAL DYSPLASIA; DISEASE ACTIVITY; HEMISPHERECTOMY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; LENGTH OF STAY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RASMUSSEN SYNDROME; REOPERATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA; TUBEROUS SCLEROSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HEMISPHERECTOMY; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; REOPERATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864279099     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/NEU.0b013e31825979bb     Document Type: Article

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