Objectives Hemimegalencephaly (HME) is a rare congenital brain malformation presenting
predominantly with drug‐resistant epilepsy. Hemispheric disconnective surgery is the …

METHODS: PubMed, Web of Science, and Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health
Literature were searched from inception to Jan 13th, 2023, for primary literature reporting …

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 Hemispheric surgeries are an effective treatment option to control seizures for
children with hemimegalencephaly (HME); however, not enough is known about their …

OBJECTIVE: To compare hemispherectomy patients with different pathologic substrates for
hospital course, seizure, developmental, language, and motor outcomes. METHODS: The …

OBJECTIVE Hemispherectomy is a complex surgical intervention for medically refractory
epilepsy, and its surgical sequelae continue to be defined. The incidence, timing, and …

Background Functional hemispherectomy is a well-established method in childhood
epilepsy surgery with only a few reports on its application in adults. Methods We report on …

OBJECTIVE Although hemispherectomy is an effective treatment for children with intractable
hemispheric epilepsy syndromes, as many as 40% of patients eventually develop seizure …

Hemimegalencephaly (HME) is a rare brain congenital malformation, consisting in altered
neuronal migration and proliferation within one hemisphere, which is responsible for early …

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 …