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Regulation of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism Neurosurgical Treatment of Epilepsy Rehabilitation in Neurosurgery pp 210–213Cite as

Long-term Results of Stereotactic Surgery for Therapy-Resistant, Mainly Partial Epilepsies

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When the treatment of epilepsy with drugs reaches its limits as the disease becomes resistant to therapy, the patient must be considered for surgical management. The steady increase in symptoms and the. accompanying deterioration in the quality of life can be treated succes-fully by various forms of surgical intervention (1, 8, 9, 22). Despite refinements in microsurgical instrumentation and techniques, however, complications, including impaired memory and speech, still occur (1, 9, 14).

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  1. Abt. Stereotaxic und Neuronuklearmedizin, Neurochirurgische Universitätsklinik, Hugstetter Straße 55, D-7800, Freiburg i. Br., Germany

    M. Mohadjer, E. Ruh & F. Mundinger

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  1. Neurochirurgische Universitäts-Klinik Bonn, Sigmund-Freud-Straße 25, D-5300, Bonn 1, Germany

    Rolf Wüllenweber

  2. Neurochirurgische Klinik der Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Schwabachanlage 6 (Kopfklinikum), D-8520, Erlangen, Germany

    Margareta Klinger

  3. Neurochirurgische Klinik und Poliklinik Universitätsklinikum Steglitz, Freie Universität Berlin, Hindenburgdamm 30, D-1000, Berlin 45, Germany

    Mario Brock

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Mohadjer, M., Ruh, E., Mundinger, F. (1987). Long-term Results of Stereotactic Surgery for Therapy-Resistant, Mainly Partial Epilepsies. In: Wüllenweber, R., Klinger, M., Brock, M. (eds) Regulation of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism Neurosurgical Treatment of Epilepsy Rehabilitation in Neurosurgery. Advances in Neurosurgery, vol 15. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-71793-2_40

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