Seizure outcome and complications following hypothalamic hamartoma treatment in adults: Endoscopic, open, and Gamma Knife procedures - Clinical article

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 117, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 255-261

  Drees, Cornelia ^a   Chapman, Kevin ^b   Prenger, Erin ^c   Baxter, Leslie ^c   Maganti, Rama ^c   Rekate, Harold ^e   Shetter, Andrew ^c   Bobrowitz, Maggie ^c   Kerrigan, John F ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c BARROW NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d PHOENIX CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e Chiari Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Epilepsy surgery; Gelastic seizure; Hypothalamic hamartoma; Outcome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; GAMMA KNIFE RADIOSURGERY; HAMARTOMA; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMIC HAMARTOMA; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MORTALITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SEIZURE; STROKE; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CRANIOTOMY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPY; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; FEMALE; HAMARTOMA; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMIC DISEASES; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOSURGERY; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SURVIVAL RATE; THIRD VENTRICLE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864543102     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 19330693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2012.5.JNS112256     Document Type: Article

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