Radiosurgical posterior corpus callosotomy in a child with Lennox-Gastaut syndrome: Case report

Matthew D. Smyth; Eric E. Klein; W. Edwin Dodson; David B. Mansur

Radiosurgical posterior corpus callosotomy in a child with Lennox-Gastaut syndrome: Case report

Matthew D. Smyth, Eric E. Klein, W. Edwin Dodson, David B. Mansur

Department of Neurosurgery

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Abstract

The authors report the successful use of radiosurgery in a child for posterior corpus callosotomy; the early results are good and the patient has not suffered any morbid conditions. The relevant literature pertaining to the use of radiosurgery for treating epilepsy is reviewed. Details of the radiosurgical techniques and prescription dose used are presented, along with 1-year serial neuroimaging results.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	312-315
Number of pages	4
Journal	Journal of neurosurgery
Volume	106
Issue number	4 SUPPL.
State	Published - Apr 1 2007

Keywords

Corpus callosotomy
Epilepsy surgery
Gamma knife
Pediatric neurosurgery
Radiosurgery

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