Carbon dioxide laser for corpus callosotomy in the pediatric population

Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 321-327

  Choudhri, Omar ^a   Lober, Robert M ^a   Camara Quintana, Joaquin ^a   Yeom, Kristen W ^a,b   Guzman, Raphael ^a,c   Edwards, Michael S B ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b LUCILE PACKARD CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Carbon dioxide laser; Corpus callosotomy; Epilepsy surgery; Microsurgery

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATONIC SEIZURE; CARBON DIOXIDE LASER; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORPUS CALLOSOTOMY; DROP ATTACK; DRUG RESISTANT EPILEPSY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NEUROSURGERY; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; STOMACH TUBE; BRAIN; CASE REPORT; CORPUS CALLOSUM; EPILEPSY; GAS LASER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SYNCOPE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CORPUS CALLOSUM; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASERS, GAS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SYNCOPE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84930146979     PISSN: 19330707     EISSN: 19330715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2014.10.PEDS13498     Document Type: Article

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