Temporal trends in pre-surgical evaluations and epilepsy surgery in the U.S. from 1998 to 2009

Epilepsy Research

Volumn 103, Issue 2-3, 2013, Pages 270-278

  Schiltz, Nicholas K ^a   Koroukian, Siran M ^a   Lhatoo, Samden D ^b   Kaiboriboon, Kitti ^b  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

Author keywords

EEG monitoring; Epilepsy surgery; Intracranial electrodes; Pre surgical evaluation; Temporal trends

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMYGDALOHIPPOCAMPECTOMY; ARTICLE; BRAIN SURGERY; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEMISPHERECTOMY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; ICD-9-CM; INDEPENDENT VARIABLE; INFANT; INTRACRANIAL ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; LOBECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT MONITORING; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREND STUDY; UNITED STATES; VIDEO ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTERIOR TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84873087860     PISSN: 09201211     EISSN: 18726844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2012.07.016     Document Type: Article

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