Bilateral occipital dysplasia, seizure identification, and ablation: A novel surgical technique

Epileptic Disorders

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 238-243

  Clarke, Dave F ^a,b   Tindall, Kristi ^a   Lee, Mark ^a   Patel, Bhairav ^a  

^a DELL INC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Depth electrode; Focal epilepsy; Occipital dysplasia; Periventicular dysplasia; Pharmacoresistant; Thermal ablation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BILATERAL OCCIPITAL DYSPLASIA; BOLD SIGNAL; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORTICAL DYSPLASIA; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPTIC AURA; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; IMPLANTED VAGUS NERVE STIMULATOR; LASER SURGERY; MEDICAL HISTORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NOTE; OCCIPITAL LOBE; ONSET AGE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THERMAL ABLATION DELIVERY DEVICE; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT PLANNING; TREATMENT RESPONSE; WADA TEST; YOUNG ADULT;

DEPTH ELECTRODE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; OCCIPITAL DYSPLASIA; PERIVENTICULAR DYSPLASIA; PHARMACORESISTANT; THERMAL ABLATION;

CATHETER ABLATION; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; OCCIPITAL LOBE; SEIZURES; STEREOTAXIC TECHNIQUES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84904401677     PISSN: 12949361     EISSN: 19506945     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1684/epd.2014.0658     Document Type: Note

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