Complications of epilepsy surgery.
In the treatment of patients with medically intractable epilepsy, neurosurgeons are involved in the application of invasive monitoring procedures and definitive surgical therapies, including resective and disconnection surgery. Each alternative intervention carries with it a unique set of potential adverse outcomes or complications, which provides the principal focus of this article.
Pilcher
W H
WH
Division of Neurosurgery, University of Rochester Medical School, New York.
Rusyniak
W G
WG
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