Comparison of Hemispheric Surgery Techniques for Pediatric Drug-Resistant Epilepsy: An Individual Patient Data Meta-analysis.
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DOI: 10.1212/wnl.0000000000207425
Abstract: OBJECTIVE Hemispheric surgery effectively treats unihemispheric pediatric drug-resistant epilepsy (DRE) by resecting or disconnecting the epileptic hemisphere. Modifications to the original anatomic hemispherectomy have generated multiple functionally equivalent, disconnective techniques for performing hemispheric surgery, termed… read more here.
Keywords: hemispherotomy; seizure; meta analysis; surgery ... See more keywords
Midline Brain Shift After Hemispheric Surgery: Natural History, Clinical Significance, and Association With Cerebrospinal Fluid Diversion.
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DOI: 10.1227/ons.0000000000000134
Abstract: BACKGROUND Hemispherectomy and its modern variants are effective surgical treatments for medically intractable unihemispheric epilepsy. Although some complications such as posthemispherectomy hydrocephalus are well documented, midline brain shift (MLBS) after hemispheric surgery has only been… read more here.
Keywords: midline brain; natural history; brain shift; hemispheric surgery ... See more keywords