Stereotactic radiofrequency amygdalohippocampectomy: Two years of good neuropsychological outcomes

Epilepsy Research

Volumn 106, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 423-432

  Malikova, Hana ^a   Kramska, Lenka ^a   Vojtech, Zdenek ^a   Lukavsky, Jiri ^b   Liscak, Roman ^a  

^a NA HOMOLCE HOSPITAL   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICS   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Epilepsy surgery; Neuropsychology outcome; Stereotactic surgery; Temporal lobe epilepsy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CONTROL; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MALE; MESIAL TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; NEUROSURGERY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY; STEREOTACTIC RADIOFREQUENCY AMYGDALOHIPPOCAMPECTOMY; STEREOTACTIC RADIOSURGERY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VERBAL MEMORY; WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE; WECHSLER MEMORY SCALE; WORKING MEMORY;

EPILEPSY SURGERY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY OUTCOME; STEREOTACTIC SURGERY; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY;

ADULT; AMYGDALA; ATTENTION; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; RADIOSURGERY; SEIZURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; WECHSLER SCALES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84884700248     PISSN: 09201211     EISSN: 18726844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2013.07.009     Document Type: Article

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