Minimally Invasive Neurosurgery for Epilepsy Using Stereotactic MRI Guidance

Neurosurgery Clinics of North America

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 51-58

  Bandt, S Kathleen ^a   Leuthardt, Eric C ^a,b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Epilepsy surgery; Laser ablation; Medically refractory epilepsy; Stereotactic guidance

Indexed keywords

ABLATION DEVICE; ABLATION THERAPY; ADULT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COGNITION; CONE BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORTICAL DYSPLASIA; DRUG RESISTANT EPILEPSY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ENCEPHALOCELE; FEMALE; FOCUSED ULTRASOUND THERMOABLATION; FOLLOW UP; HAMARTOMA; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS TUMOR; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LASER THERMOABLATION; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; MESIAL TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROMONITORING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NEUROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERIVENTRICULAR HETEROTOPIA; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; POSTSTROKE NEOCORTICAL SEIZURE FOCUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; REVIEW; ROBOT ASSISTED SURGERY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT; BRAIN MAPPING; EPILEPSY; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; STEREOTACTIC PROCEDURE;

BRAIN MAPPING; EPILEPSY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; STEREOTAXIC TECHNIQUES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84950274865     PISSN: 10423680     EISSN: 15581349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nec.2015.08.005     Document Type: Review

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