Hemispherotomy in children: A retrospective analysis of 152 surgeries at a single center and predictors for long‐term seizure outcome

T Kalbhenn, T Cloppenborg, FG Woermann… - …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Objective Completeness as a predictor of seizure freedom is broadly accepted in epilepsy
surgery. We focused on the requirements for a complete hemispherotomy and hypothesized …

Not surgical technique, but etiology, contralateral MRI, prior surgery, and side of surgery determine seizure outcome after pediatric hemispherotomy

G Ramantani, C Bulteau, D Cserpan, WM Otte… - …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Objective We aimed to assess determinants of seizure outcome following pediatric
hemispherotomy in a contemporary cohort. Methods We retrospectively analyzed the …

Seizure outcome and its prognostic predictors after hemispherotomy in children with refractory epilepsy in a Chinese pediatric epileptic center

T Ji, M Liu, S Wang, Q Liu, Y Wu, Y Zhang… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Object: To explore the post-hemispherotomy seizure outcome and its prognostic predictors
in children with refractory epilepsy. Methods: We reviewed 83 consecutive child patients with …

Hemispherotomy: efficacy and analysis of seizure recurrence

DD Limbrick, P Narayan, AK Powers… - Journal of …, 2009 - thejns.org
Object Hemispherotomy generally is performed in hemiparetic patients with severe,
intractable epilepsy arising from one cerebral hemisphere. In this study, the authors evaluate …

Functional hemispherectomy: can preoperative imaging predict outcome?

AG Weil, A Fallah, S Wang, GM Ibrahim… - Journal of …, 2020 - thejns.org
OBJECTIVE Although hemispherectomy is an effective treatment for children with intractable
hemispheric epilepsy syndromes, as many as 40% of patients eventually develop seizure …

Risk factors and results of hemispherotomy reoperations in children

MV Santos, TL Teixeira, ES Ioriatti, U Thome… - Neurosurgical …, 2020 - thejns.org
OBJECTIVE The goal of this study was to perform an analysis of a single-center experience
with hemispherotomy reoperations for refractory hemispheric pediatric epilepsy due to …

The natural history of postoperative hydrocephalus after pediatric hemispherectomy for medically refractory epilepsy: an institutional experience

VM Lu, S Wang, J Ragheb - Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics, 2023 - thejns.org
OBJECTIVE Hemispherectomy is a complex surgical intervention for medically refractory
epilepsy, and its surgical sequelae continue to be defined. The incidence, timing, and …

Hemispherectomy for treatment of refractory epilepsy in the pediatric age group: a systematic review

CJ Griessenauer, S Salam, P Hendrix… - Journal of …, 2015 - thejns.org
OBJECT Evidence in support of hemispherectomy stems from a multitude of retrospective
studies illustrating individual institutions' experience. A systematic review of this topic …

Predicting seizure outcomes and functional outcomes after hemispherotomy: are we any better?

NS Kurwale, D Bapat, SA Jagtap, SB Patil, V Jain… - Child's Nervous …, 2024 - Springer
Introduction Present study attempted to analyze seizure freedom and detailed functional
outcomes after functional hemispherotomy and utility of hemispherotomy outcome prediction …

Clinical outcomes of pediatric hemispherectomy following unsuccessful subhemispheric resection for refractory epilepsy: a case review study

LF Akiyama, EA Roberts, HA Shurtleff, D Barry… - Journal of …, 2023 - thejns.org
OBJECTIVE Epilepsy surgery remains one of the most underutilized procedures in epilepsy
despite its proven superiority to other available therapies. This underutilization is greater in …