Hemispherectomy for the control of intractable epilepsy in childhood: comparison of 2 surgical techniques in a single institution

A Kwan, WH Ng, H Otsubo, A Ochi… - Operative …, 2010 - journals.lww.com
BACKGROUND: Hemispherectomy is an established neurosurgical procedure for
catastrophic epilepsy in childhood. However, the technique used to achieve an optimum …

Hemispherectomy for catastrophic epilepsy in infants

JA González‐Martínez, A Gupta, P Kotagal… - …, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose: To report our experience with hemispherectomy in the treatment of catastrophic
epilepsy in children younger than 2 years. Methods: In a single‐surgeon series, we …

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 …

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 …

Peri-insular hemispherotomy in paediatric epilepsy

JG Villemure, RT Daniel - Child's Nervous System, 2006 - Springer
Abstract Objects Outline the indications, investigation, surgical technique, pitfalls,
complications and benefits of peri-insular hemispherotomy (PIH) in the surgical treatment of …

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 …

Long-term outcomes of hemispheric disconnection in pediatric patients with intractable epilepsy

YJ Lee, EH Kim, MS Yum, JK Lee… - Journal of Clinical …, 2014 - synapse.koreamed.org
Background and Purpose Hemispherectomy reportedly produces remarkable results in
terms of seizure outcome and quality of life for medically intractable hemispheric epilepsy in …

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 …

Hemispherectomy for intractable epilepsy in adults: the first reported series

S McClelland III, RE Maxwell - Annals of neurology, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Hemispherectomy for intractable unihemispheric epilepsy (IUE) has long been established
in pediatric patients. This study reports the first series examining hemispherectomy …

Functional outcomes of pediatric hemispherotomy: Impairment, activity, and medical service utilization

E Harford, A Houtrow, R Al-Ramadhani, A Sinha… - Epilepsy & Behavior, 2023 - Elsevier
Objective The purpose of this study was to describe the functional outcomes of
hemispherotomy in a pediatric cohort, including impairments, activity limitations, utilization of …