Predictors of cognitive function in patients with hypothalamic hamartoma following stereotactic radiofrequency thermocoagulation surgery.
Masaki SonodaHiroshi MasudaHiroshi ShirozuYosuke ItoKohei AkazawaEishi AsanoShigeki KameyamaPublished in: Epilepsia (2017)
Cognitive impairment related to epileptic encephalopathy may improve following SRT in substantial proportions of HH patients. Reduced improvement in postoperative cognitive function in patients with longer duration of epilepsy warrants further studies to determine if earlier SRT provides a greater chance of postoperative cognitive improvement in patients with HH.
Keyphrases
- cognitive impairment
- end stage renal disease
- patients undergoing
- newly diagnosed
- minimally invasive
- ejection fraction
- chronic kidney disease
- peritoneal dialysis
- prognostic factors
- coronary artery bypass
- early onset
- coronary artery disease
- ultrasound guided
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- case control
- drug induced
- brain metastases