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Current practices and trends in surgical decision-making for children with Lennox-Gastaut syndrome: A cross-sectional survey by the Pediatric Epilepsy Research Consortium. [PDF]

Epilepsia Open
Abstract Objective The objective of this study is to characterize contemporary surgical management practices and factors influencing surgical decision‐making in the management of Lennox–Gastaut Syndrome (LGS) across pediatric epilepsy centers in the United States.
Chiu MY, Keator CG, Warren AEL, Knowles JK, Samanta D, Dixon-Salazar T, Koh HY, Seinfeld SA, Paolicchi J, Vidaurre J, Patel AD, Loddenkemper T, Shellhaas RA, Clarke DF, Fine AL, Bhalla S, Depositario-Cabacar D, Haridas B, Stafstrom CE, Erdemir G, Karakas C.   +20 more
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A curriculum for epilepsy surgery: A report from the Surgical Commission's Epilepsy Surgery Educational Task Force and the Educational Council of the ILAE. [PDF]

Epileptic Disord
Abstract Objective There is a need to develop a comprehensive, formalized, and globally applicable epilepsy surgery curriculum in order to help standardize the quality of epilepsy surgery practice in the world. Methods The Epilepsy Surgery Educational Task Force of the ILAE developed a competency‐based epilepsy surgery educational curriculum comprised ...
Dorfer C, Enslin JMN, Muh CR, Wang X, de Olivera TVHF, Wiebe S, McKhann GM, Damisah E, Al-Otaibi F, Singh G, Blümcke I, Rydenhag B, Ali RP, Englot DJ, Vanegas MA, Cross JH, Cukiert A, Epilepsy Surgery Education Taskforce and the Educational Council of the International League Against Epilepsy.   +17 more
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Long-term survival after adult epilepsy surgery: Mortality and predictors in a large cohort. [PDF]

Epilepsia
Abstract Objective Long‐term survival data in adults undergoing surgery for drug‐resistant focal epilepsy remain limited. We examined mortality patterns and predictors in a large cohort followed for over 30 years. Methods Adults who underwent epilepsy surgery (1990–2022) were analyzed.
Fiore G, de Tisi J, O'Keeffe A, Miserocchi A, McEvoy AW, Sander JW, Duncan JS.   +6 more
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Hemimegalencephaly and intractable focal seizures related to NPRL3 mutation with variable familial expressivity treated with anatomic hemispherectomy

Annals of the Child Neurology Society, 2023
Introduction Hemimegalencephaly is a syndrome of dysplastic cortical formation, with hamartomatous overgrowth of a cerebral hemisphere, classically associated with intractable focal epilepsy, hemiparesis, and hemianopia.
Richard B. Carozza, Robert P. Naftel, Asha Sarma, Emma G. Carter   +3 more
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Seizure outcomes after hemispherectomy for drug resistant epilepsy in childhood and adolescence

Interdisciplinary Neurosurgery, 2019
Objective and purpose: Hemispherectomy produces remarkable results in terms of seizure outcomes and quality of life for drug resistant hemispheric epilepsy.
Mashael Khateeb, Ibrahim Al.Thubaiti, Faisal Al.Otaibi, Hesham Al.Dhalaan, Tariq Abalkhail, Salah Baz   +5 more
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Evolution of epilepsy in hemimegalencephaly from infancy to adulthood: Case report and review of the literature

Epilepsy and Behavior Case Reports, 2017
Hemimegalencephaly (HME) is a rare disorder of cortical development with overgrowth of one cerebral hemisphere. Patients have intellectual delay, hemiparesis and severe epilepsy. Drug-resistant epilepsy is often treated with a hemispherectomy.
Kristin M. Ikeda, Seyed M. Mirsattari
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Encefalite de Rasmussen: avaliação de resultados depois da cirurgia [PDF]

, 2010
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Rasmussen Encephalitis (RE) is characterized by intractable epilepsy, progressive hemiparesis and unilateral hemispheric atrophy. The progression of the symptoms usually occurs within months to few years.
CAVALHEIRO, Esper A., ESCORSI-ROSSET, Sara, MACHADO, Helio R., NAFFAH-MAZZACORATTI, Maria da Graça, OLIVEIRA, Ricardo dos Santos, SAKAMOTO, Américo C., SCORZA, Carla A, SCORZA, Fulvio A, SERAFINI, Luciano N, SOUZA-OLIVEIRA, Cecília, TERRA, Vera C., YACUBIAN, Elza Márcia Targas   +11 more
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The application of preoperative computed tomography angiogram for hemispherectomy

Clinics and Practice, 2017
Hemispherectomy is an established neurosurgical procedure for unilateral refractory epilepsy . Even though the surgical approach has evolved greatly, prevention of catastrophic intraoperative bleeding is a challenge.
Jiqing Qiu, Yu Cui, Bin Qi, Lichao Sun, Zhanpeng Zhu   +4 more
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Visual hallucinations: A novel complication after hemispherectomy

Epilepsy and Behavior Case Reports, 2018
Two patients at our center experienced florid visual hallucinations following hemispherectomy. The first patient had drug-resistant left hemispheric focal seizures at 20 months of age from a previous stroke. Following functional hemispherectomy at age 3,
Jonas Vanags, Monisha Sachdev, Gerald Grant, Mohamad A. Mikati   +3 more
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Usefulness of intraoperative insular electrocorticography in modified functional hemispherectomy

BMC Neurology, 2017
Background The insular cortex is not routinely removed in modified functional hemispherectomy due to the risk of injury to the main arteries and to deep structures.
Gun-Ha Kim, Joo Hee Seo, James E. Baumgartner, Fatima Ajmal, Ki Hyeong Lee   +4 more
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