Hemispherotomy for pediatric epilepsy: a systematic review and critical analysis

AJ Lopez, C Badger, BC Kennedy - Child's Nervous System, 2021 - Springer
Purpose Several variations of functional disconnection surgery have been described for the
treatment of lateralized, hemispheric, drug-resistant epilepsy in children. The purpose of this …

Comparison of hemispheric surgery techniques for pediatric drug-resistant epilepsy: an individual patient data meta-analysis

JS Chen, WB Harris, KJ Wu, HW Phillips, CH Tseng… - Neurology, 2023 - AAN Enterprises
Background and Objectives Hemispheric surgery effectively treats unihemispheric pediatric
drug-resistant epilepsy (DRE) by resecting and/or disconnecting the epileptic hemisphere …

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 …

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 …

Comparison of the real‐world effectiveness of vertical versus lateral functional hemispherotomy techniques for pediatric drug‐resistant epilepsy: a post hoc analysis of …

A Fallah, E Lewis, GM Ibrahim, O Kola, CH Tseng… - …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Objective This study was undertaken to determine whether the vertical parasagittal
approach or the lateral peri‐insular/peri‐Sylvian approach to hemispheric surgery is the …

Outcome after hemispherotomy in patients with intractable epilepsy: comparison of techniques in the Italian experience

L de Palma, N Pietrafusa, F Gozzo, C Barba… - Epilepsy & Behavior, 2019 - Elsevier
Objective The objective of the study was to evaluate clinical characteristics and outcome of
hemispherotomy in children and adolescents with hemispheric refractory epilepsy in an …

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 …

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 …

Outcomes after hemispherectomy in adult patients with intractable epilepsy: institutional experience and systematic review of the literature

CM Schusse, K Smith, C Drees - Journal of neurosurgery, 2019 - thejns.org
OBJECTIVE Hemispherectomy is a surgical technique that is established as a standard
treatment in appropriately selected patients with drug-resistant epilepsy. It has proven to be …

[HTML][HTML] 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 …