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Hemispherotomy and Functional Hemispherectomy: Indications and Outcomes [PDF]

, 2018
Hemispherectomy constitutes an established surgical method in the management of patients with medically intractable epilepsy secondary to severe unilateral hemisphere damage.
김동석, 심규원, 김주성, 박은경   +3 more
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Reorganization of Sensorimotor Function after Functional Hemispherectomy Studied Using Near-Infrared Spectroscopy

, 2010
Hemimegalencephaly is a rare congenital disease that occurs with intractable epilepsy and is a childhood developmental disorder. A functional hemispherectomy is indicated for the treatment of hemimegalencephaly with intractable epilepsy.
Naoki Nakano, Yuji Higashimoto, Toshiki Matuoka, Yuko Sawada, Lin Suwen, Shohei Ohgi, Amami Kato, Noritsugu Honda, Kanji Fukuda   +8 more
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A 3-Month-Old Boy with a Giant Encephalocele—Resection of the Herniated Left Supra-Insular Hemisphere Without New Postoperative Motor Deficits

Pediatric Reports
Background and Importance: Congenital encephalocele refers to the protrusion of CNS tissue through a skull defect. As a rare neural tube malformation, clinical evidence is particularly limited for large encephaloceles, and management is subject to ...
Denis Ehrl, Vadym Burchak, Andrea Szelenyi, Joerg-Christian Tonn, Martin Staudt, Dorothee Rabenhorst, Mathias Kunz   +6 more
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Outcomes After Hemispherectomy in Adult Patients With Intractable Epilepsy: Institutional Experience and Systematic Review of the Literature

, 2018
OBJECTIVE: Hemispherectomy is a surgical technique that is established as a standard treatment in appropriately selected patients with drug-resistant epilepsy.
Kris Smith, Smith, Kris A., Drees, Cornelia, Courtney M. Schusse, Cornelia Drees, Schusse, Courtney M.   +5 more
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Late complications of hemispherectomy: report of a case relieved by surgery

, 1969
SUMM ARY A case of Sturge-Weber disease treated with left hemispherectomy presented, 11 years later, with complications related to delayed intracranial haemorrhage. A loculation syndrome of the right lateral ventricle was detected and it was corrected by
Jacob Chandy, Ninan T. Mathew, Jacob Abraham   +2 more
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Reading with One Hemisphere

Pediatric Neurology Briefs, 1989
The reading performance of two right-handed teenage girls who had undergone hemispherectomy for intractable epilepsy was examined at the MRC Applied Psychology Unit, Cambridge, the Department of Developmental Pediatrics, Institute of Child Health and ...
J Gordon Millichap
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[Hemispherectomy]. [PDF]

Acta neurologica et psychiatrica Belgica, 2003
J, ACHSLOGH, L, ECTORS
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Verbal and Nonverbal Memory in Hemispherectomy: Lateralization Effects

, 2017
Hemispherectomy is a routine surgery performed for children with intractable seizures and often in the midst of a life-threatening emergency such as status epilepticus.
Gary Mathern, Robert Asarnow, Rodney Wilson, Sarah Marion   +3 more
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Long-Term Patient-Reported Outcomes of Visual Field Defects and Compensatory Mechanisms in Patients After Cerebral Hemispherectomy

, 2021
Background: In cases of intractable epilepsy resistant to drug therapy, hemispherectomy is often the only treatment option to mitigate seizures; however, the true long-term subjective visual outcomes are relatively unexplored. In this study, we sought to
Elana A. Meer; Monica F. Chen; Monika Jones; Gary W. Mathern; Stacy L. Pineles
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Transsylvian functional hemispherectomy. Childs Nerv Syst

, 2020
Objective To describe the technique of transsylvian-transventricular functional hemispherectomy developed at our institution. Methods We review appropriate patient selection and evaluation, timing of surgery, selection of surgical approach, preoperative ...
Devin K Binder, Johannes Schramm
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