Hemispherectomy: Historical review and recent technical advances

Neurosurgical Focus

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Beier, Alexandra D ^a   Rutka, James T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Epilepsy surgery; Hemispherectomy; Peri insular hemispherotomy

Indexed keywords

EPILEPSY; HEMISPHERECTOMY; HISTORY; HUMAN; PROCEDURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; METHODOLOGY; REVIEW;

EPILEPSY; HEMISPHERECTOMY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84879122234     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10920684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2013.3.FOCUS1341     Document Type: Article

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