Mony Benifla, Francesco Sala, John Jane, Hiroshi Otsubo, Ayako Ochi, James Drake, Shelly Weiss, Elizabeth Donner, Ayataka Fujimoto, Stephanie Holowka, Elysa Widjaja, O Carter Snead, Mary Lou Smith, Mandeep S Tamber, James T Rutka
OBJECT: The authors undertook this study to review their experience with cortical resections in the rolandic region in children with intractable epilepsy. METHODS: The authors retrospectively reviewed the medical records obtained in 22 children with intractable epilepsy arising from the rolandic region. All patients underwent preoperative electroencephalography (EEG), MR imaging, prolonged video-EEG recordings, functional MR imaging, magnetoencephalography, and in some instances PET/SPECT studies...
September 2009: Journal of Neurosurgery. Pediatrics