Surgery for temporal lobe epilepsy in children: Relevance of presurgical evaluation and analysis of outcome

Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 256-267

  Miserocchi, Anna ^a   Cascardo, Beatrice ^a   Chiara Piroddi, Psy D ^a   Fuschillo, Dalila ^a   Cardinale, Francesco ^a   Nobili, Lino ^a   Stefano Francione, M D ^a   Russo, Giorgio Lo ^a   Cossu, Massimo ^a  

^a OSPEDALE NIGUARDA CA GRANDA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Epilepsy surgery; Pediatric neurosurgery; Presurgical evaluation; Seizure outcome; Seizure semiology; Temporal lobe epilepsy

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ANAMNESIS; ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; BRAIN SURGERY; CHILD; COGNITION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; EPILEPTIC STATE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MICROSURGERY; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGICAL PATIENT; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE;

ADOLESCENT; AGE OF ONSET; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84874732937     PISSN: 19330707     EISSN: 19330715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2012.12.PEDS12334     Document Type: Article

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