Outcomes after anterior or complete corpus callosotomy in children

Neurosurgery

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 17-28

  Kasasbeh, Aimen S ^a   Smyth, Matthew D ^b   Steger May, Karen ^c   Jalilian, Laleh ^b   Bertrand, Mary ^c   Limbrick, David D ^b  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b ST LOUIS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Corpus callosotomy; Epilepsy surgery; Seizure outcomes

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; ATONIC SEIZURE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSOTOMY; DIABETES INSIPIDUS; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; EPIDURAL ABSCESS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MENINGITIS; MYOCLONUS EPILEPSY; NERVE STIMULATOR; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; NEUROSURGERY; OSTEOMYELITIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SEIZURE; SUPPLEMENTARY MOTOR AREA; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CORPUS CALLOSUM; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPLIT-BRAIN PROCEDURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84891826429     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/NEU.0000000000000197     Document Type: Article

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