Surgical Treatment for Epilepsy

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• Age Of Onset Of Seizures May Predict WADA Test Result In Left Mesial Temporal Lobe Epilepsy (2006)
  Zhiyi Sha, MD, PhD; Gail Risse, PhD; Manjari Tripathi, MD; Cammy Chicota, PhD; Steve Rogers, PhD; Jerome Engel, MD, PhD; Susan Bookheimer, PhD
• Behavioral Changes in Right Temporal Lobectomy Patients Pre and Postoperatively (2000)
  Patricia E. Penovich, MD; Beth Korby, RN; John R. Gates, MD; Gerald L. Moriarty, MD
• Contralateral Abnormalities Predict Outcome Of Pediatric Epilepsy Surgery (2005)
  Jason Doescher, MD; Frank J. Ritter, MD; Patricia E. Penovich, MD; Deanna L. Dickens, MD; Michael D. Frost, MD; Mary Beth Dunn, MD; Ann Hempel, PhD; John R. Gates, MD
• Corpus Callosotomy and Resective Surgery For Seizure Control (2004)
  Michael D. Frost, MD; Frank J. Ritter, MD; Carol Hoskin, RN; Vickie Karney, RN; Mary Beth Dunn, MD
• The Effect of Hippocampal Sparing on Verbal Memory Outcome Following Dominant Temporal Lobectomy (2000)
  Gail R. Risse, PhD; Ann Hempel, PhD; Gerald L. Moriarty, MD; John R. Gates, MD
• Factors Affecting Amobarbital Procedure (IAP) Memory Performance in Children and Adolescents (2000)
  Ann Hempel, PhD; Gail L. Risse, PhD; Frank J. Ritter, MD; Michael D. Frost, MD
• How Many Palliative Surgical Procedures for Intractable Epilepsy (2003)
  Frank J. Ritter, MD; Michael D. Frost, MD; Willie T. Anderson, MD; John R. Gates, MD; Patricia E. Penovich, MD; Mary E. Dunn, MD
• Improving Outcome Prediction in Pediatric Epilepsy Surgery (2004)
  Jason Doescher, MD; Frank J. Ritter, MD; Patricia E. Penovich, MD; Deanna L. Dickens, MD; Michael D. Frost, MD; Mary Beth Dunn, MD; Ann Hempel, PhD; John R. Gates, MD
• Infant Functional Hemispherectomy: Technical Considerations, Safety, Results (2003)
  HO MED AES 2003.pdf Mary E. Dunn, MD, FACS; Michael D. Frost, MD; Frank J. Ritter, MD
• Language Outcome After Subdural Electrode Array Directed Left (Dominant) Temporal Lobectomy (2000)
  Sara J. Farnham, PhD; Gail L. Risse, PhD; D. Kent Mercer, PsyD; John R. Gates, MD
• Language Outcome in Pediatric Patients Undergoing Dominant Temporal Lobectomy (DTL) (2003)
  Ann Hempel, PhD; Gail L. Risse, PhD; Frank J. Ritter, MD; Michael D. Frost, MD; Willie T. Anderson, MD
• Location and Etiology Influencing Surgical Outcome (2005)
  Frank J. Ritter, MD; Jason Doescher, MD; Michael D. Frost, MD; Patricia E. Penovich, MD; Deanna L. Dickens, MD; Mary Beth Dunn, MD; John R. Gates, MD
• Long-Term VNS Experience In Normal And Mentally Retarded Adults And Children (2005)
  Patricia E. Penovich, MD; Meaghan A. Moriarty; Deanna L. Dickens, MD; Michael D. Frost, MD; Gerald L. Moriarty, MD; Frank J. Ritter, MD; John R. Gates, MD
• Naming Ability After Tailored Left Temporal Resection with Extraoperative Language Mapping: Greater Risk of Decline with Later Epilepsy Onset Age (2001)
  Keith G. Davies, MD; Gail L. Risse, PhD; John R. Gates, MD
• Neuropsychological Outcome of Dominant Frontal Topectomy in Children and Adolescents (2001)
  Ann Hempel, PhD; Gail L. Risse, PhD; Michael D. Frost, MD; Frank J. Ritter, MD
• Neuropsychological Outcome In Multiple Subpial Transection (2002)
  Robert C. Doss, PsyD; John R. Gates, MD; Jessica Randa
• Outcome After Right Temporal Lobectomy (RTL): The Patients’ Perceptive (2001)
  Patricia E. Penovich, MD; Beth Korby, RN; John R. Gates, MD; Gerald L. Moriarty, MD
• Pediatric Epilepsy Surgery Series: Retrospective Review of Clinical Variables and Outcomes (2006)
  Jason Doescher, MD; Frank J. Ritter, MD; Patricia E. Penovich, MD; Deanna L. Dickens, MD; Michael D. Frost, MD; Mary Beth Dunn, MD; Ann Hempel, PhD; John R. Gates, MD
• Presurgical Assessment and Surgical Treatment for Epilepsy (2002)
  John R. Gates, MD; Mary Beth Dunn, MD
• Presurgical Localization of Language: A Preliminary Comparison of Multiple Techniques (2004)
  Deanna L. Dickens, MD; Wenbo Zhang, MD, PHD; WilliaMDGaillard, MD; Eduardo Martinez-Castillo, PhD; Frank J. Ritter, MD; Michael D. Frost, MD; Patricia E. Penovich, MD; Gail L. Risse, PhD; John R. Gates, MD
• Treatment Outcome in Patients with Mesial Temporal Sclerosis (2001)
  Eva Kumlien, MD; Robert C. Doss, PsyD; John R. Gates, MD
• Verbal Memory in Temporal Lobectomy Patients with Bilateral Language: Implications for Postoperative Cognitive Outcome (2002)
  Gail L. Risse, PhD; Britt Carlson, BS; Ann Hempel, PhD; Robert C. Doss, PsyD; John R. Gates, MD