Transsylvian hippocampal transection for mesial temporal lobe epilepsy: Surgical indications, procedure, and postoperative seizure and memory outcomes

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 119, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1098-1104

  Uda, Takehiro ^a   Morino, Michiharu ^a   Ito, Hirotaka ^a   Minami, Noriaki ^a   Hosono, Atsushi ^a   Nagai, Taiki ^a   Matsumoto, Takahiro ^a  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN NEUROLOGICAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Epilepsy surgery; Hippocampal transection; Memory outcome; Mesial temporal lobe epilepsy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN SURGERY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY; MESIAL TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEIZURE; TRANSSYLVIAN HIPPOCAMPAL TRANSECTION; VERBAL MEMORY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEIZURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84887031827     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 19330693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2013.6.JNS13244     Document Type: Article

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