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