Endoscopic disconnection of hypothalamic hamartomas: Safety and feasibility of robot-assisted, thulium laser-based procedures

Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 563-572

  Calisto, Amedeo ^a   Dorfmüller, Georg ^a   Fohlen, Martine ^a   Bulteau, Christine ^a   Conti, Alfredo ^b   Delalande, Olivier ^a  

^a FONDATION OPHTALMOLOGIQUE ADOLPHE DE ROTHSCHILD   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Disconnection; Epilepsy surgery; Gelastic seizures; Hypothalamic hamartoma; Neuroendoscopy; Thulium laser

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; ENDOSCOPIC DISCONNECTION; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; EYE MOVEMENT DISORDER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAMARTOMA; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMIC HAMARTOMA; MALE; MUTISM; PATIENT SAFETY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGID ENDOSCOPE; SCHOOL CHILD; THULIUM YAG LASER; ADULT; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HYPOTHALAMIC DISEASES; INFANT; LASER COAGULATION; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; NEUROENDOSCOPY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; ROBOTIC SURGICAL PROCEDURE; SAFETY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIDEORECORDING;

THULIUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HAMARTOMA; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMIC DISEASES; INFANT; LASER COAGULATION; LASER THERAPY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROENDOSCOPY; ROBOTIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SAFETY; THULIUM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 84922481640     PISSN: 19330707     EISSN: 19330715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2014.8.PEDS13586     Document Type: Article

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