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Results of Amygdalotomy and Fornicotomy in Temporal Lobe Epilepsy and Behaviour Disorders

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Stereotactic Treatment of Epilepsy

Part of the book series: Acta Neurochirurgica ((NEUROCHIRURGICA,volume 23))

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Abstract

Amygdalotomy is an accepted therapeutic tool for drug resistant temporal lobe epilepsy, especially in combination with aggressive behaviour. Because of the danger that in these difficult patients the decision to operate is taken too easily a national committee to which all these cases for operation are presented was formed in Holland, consisting of neurosurgeons, neurologists, psychiatrists, electrophysiologists and epileptologists. The cautious procedure of this independent comittee explains the small series we present to-day.

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  1. Department of Neurosurgery, University Groningen, Leyenburg Ziekenhuis, Den Haag, The Netherlands

    Dr. Hans Berger Kliniek

  2. Breda, The Netherlands

    Dr. Hans Berger Kliniek & Dr. A. E. H. Sonnen

  3. Department of Neurosurgery, University Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands

    Dr. J. v. Manen

  4. Leyenburg Ziekenhuis, Den Haag, The Netherlands

    Dr. B. van Dijk

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  1. Western General Hospital and Royal Infirmary, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK

    F. John Gillingham (Professor of Neurosurgery) & Edward R. Hitchcock (Consultant Neurosurgeon) (Professor of Neurosurgery) &  (Consultant Neurosurgeon)

  2. Comenius University, Bratislava-Kramáre, Slovakia

    Pavel Nádvorník (Professor of Neurosurgery) (Professor of Neurosurgery)

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Kliniek, H.B., Sonnen, A.E.H., v. Manen, J., van Dijk, B. (1976). Results of Amygdalotomy and Fornicotomy in Temporal Lobe Epilepsy and Behaviour Disorders. In: Gillingham, F.J., Hitchcock, E.R., Nádvorník, P. (eds) Stereotactic Treatment of Epilepsy. Acta Neurochirurgica, vol 23. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-8444-8_34

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