Seizure outcome, functional outcome, and quality of life after hemispherectomy in adults

Acta Neurochirurgica

Volumn 154, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1603-1612

  Schramm, J ^a   Delev, D ^a   Wagner, J ^a   Elger, C E ^a   Von Lehe, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adult; Epilepsy surgery; Functional outcome; Hemispherectomy; Seizure outcome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALEXANDER DISEASE; ARTICLE; ASEPTIC MENINGITIS; BONE FLAP INFECTION; CASE STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPTIC AURA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GAIT; HAND FUNCTION; HEADACHE; HEMIANOPIA; HEMISPHERECTOMY; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; MALE; MORBIDITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RASMUSSEN SYNDROME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHIZENCEPHALY; SEIZURE; SELF REPORT; SHUNT INFECTION; SIMPLE PARTIAL SEIZURE; SPEECH; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEMISPHERECTOMY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEIZURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84865831041     PISSN: 00016268     EISSN: 09420940     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00701-012-1408-z     Document Type: Article

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