Hypothalamic hamartomas. part 2. surgical considerations and outcome

Neurosurgical Focus

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Mittal, Sandeep ^a   Mittal, Monika ^a   Montes, José Luis ^b   Farmer, Jean Pierre ^b   Andermann, Frederick ^c  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MONTREAL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Endoscopic disconnection; Epilepsy; Gamma Knife surgery; Microsurgical resection; Outcome; Radiofrequency ablation; Stereotactic disconnection; Stereotactic radiosurgery; Transcallosal approach

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CASE REPORT; ENDOSCOPE; HAMARTOMA; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS DISEASE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NEUROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RADIOSURGERY; REVIEW; SEIZURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION; COMPLICATION; HYPOTHALAMIC DISEASES; PROCEDURES; SEIZURES;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION; ENDOSCOPES; HAMARTOMA; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMIC DISEASES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; RADIOSURGERY; SEIZURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

EID: 84879079266     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10920684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2013.3.FOCUS1356     Document Type: Article

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