Robot-assisted stereotactic laser ablation in medically intractable epilepsy: Operative technique

Neurosurgery

Volumn 10, Issue , 1982, Pages 167-172

  Gonzalez Martinez, Jorge ^a   Vadera, Sumeet ^a   Mullin, Jeffrey ^a   Enatsu, Rei ^a   Alexopoulos, Andreas V ^a   Patwardhan, Ravish ^b   Bingaman, William ^a   Najm, Imad ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Visualase Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Heterotopia; Lasers; Robotics; Stereotactic techniques; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; CASE REPORT; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; ELECTRODE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEATING; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERVENTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; LASER SURGERY; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROBOTICS; SKIN INCISION; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; PROCEDURES; STEREOTACTIC PROCEDURE;

ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ROBOTICS; STEREOTAXIC TECHNIQUES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84916890265     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: 15244040     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/NEU.0000000000000286     Document Type: Article

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