Peng-Fan Yang, Zhen Mei, Qiao Lin, Jia-Sheng Pei, Hui-Jian Zhang, Zhong-Hui Zhong, Jun Tian, Yan-Zeng Jia, Zi-Qian Chen, Zhi-Yong Zheng
AIM: To assess the surgical outcomes of temporo-parieto-occipital (TPO) and parieto-occipital (PO) disconnection surgery for children with intractable posterior quadrantic epilepsy and a unilateral posterior quadrant lesion based on MRI and functional imaging abnormality in the TPO region on one side. METHODS: A retrospective review of data of 12 children who underwent TPO or PO disconnective surgery was carried out from September 2009 to September 2012. Three-dimensional surface reconstructions of MRI scans and intraoperative electrophysiological monitoring were used during surgery...
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