Determinants of Functional Outcome after Pediatric Hemispherotomy

G Ramantani, D Cserpan, M Tisdall… - Annals of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Objective We aimed to evaluate determinants of functional outcome after pediatric
hemispherotomy in a large and recent multicenter cohort. Methods We retrospectively …

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 …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Improvement of language development after successful hemispherotomy

G Gröppel, C Dorfer, A Mühlebner-Fahrngruber… - Seizure, 2015 - Elsevier
Purpose To investigate language development after functional hemispherotomy and to
evaluate prognostic factors for (un-) favourable outcomes. Methods Children and …

Long‐term functional outcomes and their predictors after hemispherectomy in 115 children

ANV Moosa, L Jehi, A Marashly, G Cosmo… - …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose To examine the long‐term functional outcomes and their predictors using a
patient/family centered approach in a cohort of children who had hemispherectomy …

Functional hemispherotomy for epilepsy in the very young

J Pepper, WB Lo, S Agrawal, R Mohamed… - Journal of …, 2022 - thejns.org
OBJECTIVE Epilepsy is one of the most common neurological disorders in children. Among
very young children, one-third are resistant to medical treatment, and lack of effective …

Palliative hemispherotomy in children with bilateral seizure onset

MA Ciliberto, D Limbrick, A Powers, JB Titus… - Journal of …, 2012 - thejns.org
Object Intractable epilepsy is a significant burden on families and on the cognitive
development and quality of life (QOL) of patients. Periinsular hemispherotomy (PIH) for …

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 …

Pediatric hemispherectomy outcome: adaptive functioning, intelligence, and memory

HA Shurtleff, EA Roberts, CC Young, D Barry… - Epilepsy & Behavior, 2021 - Elsevier
Objective Our purpose was to characterize neuropsychological evaluation (NP) outcome
following functional hemispherectomy in a large, representative cohort of pediatric patients …

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 …