Factors associated with failed focal neocortical epilepsy surgery.

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Abstract

Seizure outcomes after focal neocortical epilepsy (FNE) surgery are less favorable than after temporal lobectomy, and the reasons for surgical failure are incompletely understood. Few groups have performed an in-depth examination of seizure recurrences to identify possible reasons for failure.

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Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Neurosurgery

Title: Neurosurgery

Publisher: Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)

ISSN (Electronic): 1524-4040

ISSN (Print): 0148-396X

Publication date (Electronic): Dec 2014

Volume: 75

Issue: 6

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[1 ] *Department of Neurological Surgery, ‡UCSF Comprehensive Epilepsy Center, and §Department of Neurology, University of California, San Francisco, California.

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Mid ID: NIHMS677924

DOI: 10.1227/NEU.0000000000000530

PMC ID: 4393951

PubMed ID: 25181435

SO-VID: 5003a3a7-afd9-4209-838b-30b9f4181ef3

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