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 …

Hemispherotomy in children: A retrospective analysis of 152 surgeries at a single center and predictors for long‐term seizure outcome

T Kalbhenn, T Cloppenborg, FG Woermann… - …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Objective Completeness as a predictor of seizure freedom is broadly accepted in epilepsy
surgery. We focused on the requirements for a complete hemispherotomy and hypothesized …

[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 …

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 …

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 …

Hemispherotomy: efficacy and analysis of seizure recurrence

DD Limbrick, P Narayan, AK Powers… - Journal of …, 2009 - thejns.org
Object Hemispherotomy generally is performed in hemiparetic patients with severe,
intractable epilepsy arising from one cerebral hemisphere. In this study, the authors evaluate …

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 …

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 …

The natural history of postoperative hydrocephalus after pediatric hemispherectomy for medically refractory epilepsy: an institutional experience

VM Lu, S Wang, J Ragheb - Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics, 2023 - thejns.org
OBJECTIVE Hemispherectomy is a complex surgical intervention for medically refractory
epilepsy, and its surgical sequelae continue to be defined. The incidence, timing, and …

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 …