Hemispherotomy for Pediatric Post-Traumatic Epilepsy [PDF]
Brain SciencesObjective: Hemispherotomy is an effective treatment for select forms of drug-resistant hemispheric epilepsy, including perinatal stroke, Rasmussen’s encephalitis, and Sturge–Weber syndrome. Post-traumatic epilepsy (PTE) has been reported to occur in ~10%
Habib E. Akouri +6 more
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Hemispherotomy Revised: A Complication Overview and a Systematic Review Meta-Analysis
Brain and Spine, 2023 Introduction: Hemispherectomy/hemispherotomy has been employed in the management of catastrophic epilepsy. However, initial reports on the associated mortality and morbidity raised several concerns regarding the technique's safety.
Alexandros G Brotis +2 more
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Surgical Strategy for Hemispherotomy
Neurologia Medico-Chirurgica, 2023 Hemispherotomy is a radical treatment for drug-resistant epilepsy that targets developmental, acquired, and progressive diseases with widespread epileptogenic regions in one cerebral hemisphere.
Takeshi MATSUO, So FUJIMOTO
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Hemispherotomy for Drug-Resistant Epilepsy in an Indonesian Population
Epilepsy and Behavior Reports, 2019 Hemispherotomy is a surgical treatment indicated in patients with drug-resistant epilepsy due to unilateral hemispheric pathology. Hemispherotomy is less invasive compared with hemispherectomy.
Kaoru Kurisu +2 more
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Hemispherotomy in an infant with hemimegalencephaly
Journal of Pediatric Neurosciences, 2015 Hemimegalencephaly (HME) is a rare hamartomatous congenital malformation of the brain. The epilepsy pattern in HME can be partial seizures or may present as spasms as in epileptic encephalopathy.
Shilpa D Kulkarni +3 more
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Salvage Trans‐Sylvian Peri‐Insular Hemispherotomy After Embolic Hemispherectomy [PDF]
Annals of the Child Neurology SocietyBackground Hemispherectomy and hemispherotomy represent well‐established treatments for drug‐resistant hemispheric epilepsy. An alternative endovascular procedure has been explored for cases with challenging surgical anatomy, which seeks to achieve the ...
Michael E. Baumgartner +4 more
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Applications of magnetic resonance-guided laser interstitial thermal therapy in disconnective epilepsy surgery [PDF]
Frontiers in NeurologyMinimally invasive surgical techniques, such as MR-guided laser interstitial thermal therapy (LITT), have emerged as promising alternatives to open disconnective surgeries in drug-resistant epilepsy (DRE).
Fidelia Gaba +3 more
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Hemispherectomy for dominant hemisphere Rasmussen’s Encephalitis − how late is too late? [PDF]
Epilepsy & Behavior ReportsIt is unclear whether a dominant hemispherectomy/hemispherotomy in someone with Rasmussen’s Encephalitis (RE) may produce a satisfactory outcome when performed over the age of 40 years.
James Butler +2 more
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A case of acute functional hemispherotomy in a young woman with hemimegalencephaly and super-refractory status epilepticus [PDF]
Epilepsy & Behavior ReportsStatus epilepticus (SE) is a critical medical emergency that demands immediate and effective intervention. We report a unique case involving a 21-year-old woman with left hemimegalencephaly who was hospitalized for super-refractory status epilepticus ...
Kjell Heuser +8 more
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Language after Hemispherotomy in Rasmussen Syndrome
Pediatric Neurology Briefs, 2016 Investigators from Rothschild Foundation Hospital in Paris report language outcome in children after (left) dominant-hemisphere hemispherotomy for Rasmussen Syndrome.
Sophia Varadkar, Martin Tisdall
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