Trans-middle temporal gyrus selective amygdalohippocampectomy for medically intractable mesial temporal lobe epilepsy in adults: Seizure response rates, complications, and neuropsychological outcomes

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 17-21

  Bandt, S Kathleen ^a   Werner, Nicole ^a   Dines, Jennifer ^a   Rashid, Samiya ^a   Eisenman, Lawrence N ^a   Hogan, R Edward ^a   Leuthardt, Eric C ^a   Dowling, Joshua ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Neuropsychological outcomes; Selective amygdalohippocampectomy; Temporal stem

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYGDALOHIPPOCAMPECTOMY; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; APHASIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE DURATION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MALE; MESIAL TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; MIDDLE TEMPORAL GYRUS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; NEUROSURGERY; ONSET AGE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; RECALL; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TEMPORAL GYRUS; VERBAL MEMORY;

ADULT; AGED; AMYGDALA; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIDEO RECORDING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84877347968     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2013.03.020     Document Type: Article

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