Personal identity deals with philosophical questions that arise about ourselves by virtue of
our being people (or, as lawyers and philosophers like to say, persons). This chapter first …

Rasmussen's encephalitis is a rare neurological pathology affecting one cerebral
hemisphere, therefore, posing unique challenges. Patients may undergo hemispherectomy …

BACKGROUND Rasmussen encephalitis is a rare chronic neurological pathology frequently
treated with functional hemispherectomy (or hemispherotomy). This surgical procedure frees …

Functional hemispherectomy results in good outcomes in cases of refractory epilepsy and
constitutes a unique situation in which to study cerebral plasticity and the reorganization of …

Objective The purpose of this study was to describe the functional outcomes of
hemispherotomy in a pediatric cohort, including impairments, activity limitations, utilization of …

Objective The seizure outcomes after hemispheric epilepsy surgery have been excellent,
with 54%–90% of patients achieving long-term freedom from seizures. Similarly, the …

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 …

Objectives Although hemispheric surgeries are among the most effective procedures for
drug‐resistant epilepsy (DRE) in the pediatric population, there is a large variability in …

• Initially used for movement disorders in adults• FDA approved for epilepsy patients 18+
years of age• Pulse generator implanted in chest (or abdomen)• Depth electrode implanted …