The Role of the Intracarotid Amobarbital Procedure in Evaluation of Patients for Epilepsy Surgery
โ Scribed by David C. Spencer; Martha J. Morrell; Michael W. Risinger
- Book ID
- 109107132
- Publisher
- Wiley (Blackwell Publishing)
- Year
- 2000
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 587 KB
- Volume
- 41
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0013-9580
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๐ SIMILAR VOLUMES
The usefulness of the intracarotid Amytal (amobarbital) procedure (also called the Wada procedure) in identifying hemispheric language dominance in pediatric patients has not been independently confirmed with intraoperative language mapping techniques. Currently, data are extrapolated from adult stu
One hundred and three patients underwent a thiopental test during a presurgical evaluation for epilepsy surgery. Depth electrodes were implanted bilaterally into the mesial temporal and mesial frontal lobes. Thiopental was infused at 25 mg/30 s for adults and 0.3 mg/kg/20 s in children until loss of