Risk of seizures during intraoperative electrocortical stimulation of brain motor areas: A retrospective study on 50 patients

Neurological Sciences

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 63-70

  Cordella, Roberto ^a   Acerbi, Francesco ^a   Marras, Carlo Efisio ^a,b   Carozzi, Carla ^a   Vailati, Davide ^a   Saini, Marco ^a   Tringali, Giovanni ^a   Ferroli, Paolo ^a   Dimeco, Francesco ^a   Franzini, Angelo ^a   Broggi, Giovanni ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF NEUROSURGERY   (Italy)

^b BAMBINO GESÙ CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cortical stimulation; Electromyography; Intraoperative monitoring; Motor cortex; Seizures

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; ETIRACETAM; LAMOTRIGINE; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; PROPOFOL; SEVOFLURANE; TOPIRAMATE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORTICAL DYSPLASIA; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMAN; MALE; MENINGIOMA; MOTOR CORTEX; NEUROEPITHELIOMA; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROSURGERY; OLIGODENDROGLIOMA; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; RASMUSSEN SYNDROME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; SEIZURE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; ANTICONVULSANTS; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CONSCIOUSNESS MONITORS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CORTEX; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; NEURONAVIGATION; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEIZURES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84872686709     PISSN: 15901874     EISSN: 15903478     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10072-012-0968-2     Document Type: Article

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