Results 71 to 80 of about 2,549 (182)

Acute Care Physical Therapist Evaluation and Intervention for an Adult After Right Hemispherectomy

, 2003
Background and Purpose. Hemispherectomy is performed to help control intractable seizures, yet little research quantifies and projects the clinical course of the impairments, functional limitations, and disabilities of patients who have undergone the ...
Alison L Bates, Cynthia C Zadai
core   +1 more source

Pattern electroretinograms after cerebral hemispherectomy.

, 2016
Cortically blind patients with brain damage restricted to the optic radiations or primary visual cortex may be able to detect and discriminate visual stimuli presented in their field defects, even though they deny seeing them.

core   +1 more source

Hemispherectomy - a Further Modification Using Omentum Vascularized Free Flaps

, 1993
This report describes the authors' technique designed to further prevent the late complications of hemispherectomy. A vascularized omental free flap is used to fill the extradural dead space left following the procedure advocated by Adams. This procedure
Matheson, JM, Vonau, M, Davies, MA, Truskett, P   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Epilepsy surgery for children with epileptic spasms: A systematic review and meta‐analysis with focus on predictors and outcomes

Epilepsia Open
To conduct a systematic review of the literature regarding rates and predictors of favorable seizure outcome after resective surgery for epileptic spasms (ES) in pediatric patients.
Taylor Kolosky, Andrea Goldstein Shipper, Kai Sun, Busra Tozduman, Soren Bentzen, Ahsan N. Moosa, Gozde Erdemir   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Current state of hemispherectomy and callosotomy for pediatric refractory epilepsy in Denmark

ObjectiveTo evaluate outcomes from hemispherectomy and callosotomy related to the need for anti-seizure medication (ASM), seizure frequency, and cognition.MethodsA review of the medical charts of all Danish pediatric patients who underwent ...
Thomsen, Katrine Moe, De Knegt, Victoria Elizabeth, Børresen, Malene Landbo, Jakobsen, Anne Vagner, Hoei-Hansen, Christina Engel, Knudsen, Marianne, Uldall, Peter Vilhelm   +6 more
core   +1 more source

Verbal and Nonverbal Memory in Hemispherectomy: Lateralization Effects

, 2012
Even more than temporal and frontal lobe resection, hemispherectomy is a last-resort surgery for intractable epilepsy. As a radical intervention it is generally performed for children with intractable seizures and often in the midst of a life ...
Wilson, Rodney T., Jr.
core  

Control of Reflexive Saccades following Hemispherectomy [PDF]

, 2011
Individuals who have undergone hemispherectomy for treatment of intractable epilepsy offer a rare and valuable opportunity to examine the ability of a single cortical hemisphere to control oculomotor performance.
Herter, Troy M., Reuter-Lorenz, Patricia A., Guitton, Daniel   +2 more
core  

Rasmussen's encephalitis. Clinical case of surgical treatment

Acta Biomedica Scientifica, 2013
The article presents literary data on the clinical course, diagnostics and treatment of Rasmussen's encephalitis in children. Epileptic attacks at Rasmussen's encephalitis are resistant to the anti-convulsion therapy and.
S. N. Larionov, V. A. Sorokovikov, Yu. A. Alexandrov, E. B. Khaykina, E. K. Pulyaevskaya   +4 more
doaj  

Hemimegalencephaly in Children: A Systematic Review of Diagnosis, Management, and Outcomes in 161 Reported Cases. [PDF]

Children (Basel)
Mokeddem F, Moran MV, Aguirre AS, Moreno D, Jonas R, Contreras J, Elhefnawy Y, Torres AR.   +7 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Insights on cognitive reorganization after hemispherectomy in Rasmussen’s encephalitis. A narrative review

International audienceAbstract Rasmussen’s encephalitis is a rare neurological pathology affecting one cerebral hemisphere, therefore, posing unique challenges.
Perrone-Bertolotti, Marcela, Baciu, Monica, Borne, Anna, Bulteau, Christine, Ferrand-Sorbets, Sarah   +4 more
core   +1 more source