ReviewTranslational pediatrics2014
Hemispherectomy in the treatment of seizures: a review.
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- The Palliative Nature of Pediatric Epilepsy Surgery and Our Procedures.Pediatric neurosurgery · 2026Review
- Hemispherotomy for Drug-Resistant Epilepsy in a Low-Resource Setting: Surgical Outcomes and Quality of Life in 23 Children Treated in a Hybrid Program in Panama.Pediatric neurosurgery · 2026Article
- Hemispherotomy leads to persistent sleep-like slow waves in the isolated cortex of awake humans.PLoS biology · 2025Article
- Postoperative shunt failure following hemispherectomy in pediatric patients with pre-existing hydrocephalus.Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery · 2024Article
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- Tandem pediatric neurosurgery: treatment of synostosis and intractable epilepsy. Illustrative case.Journal of neurosurgery. Case lessons · 2023Article
- Correlation between Hemispherectomy and Hemiparesis in Drug Resistant Epilepsy.Journal of epilepsy research · 2021Article
- Split-Brain: What We Know Now and Why This is Important for Understanding Consciousness.Neuropsychology review · 2020Review
- Anatomical hemispherectomy revisited-outcome, blood loss, hydrocephalus, and absence of chronic hemosiderosis.Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery · 2019Article
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Abstract
The term hemispherectomy refers to the complete removal or functional disconnection of a cerebral hemisphere. The technique was initially developed over 85 years ago to treat infiltrating brain tumors but is now used exclusively for medically refractory epilepsy. Hemispherectomy surgery has progressed from an extremely morbid procedure fraught with complications to a fairly routine one performed at most pediatric epilepsy centers with relatively low risk and great efficacy. The author reviews the history and evolution of hemispherectomy surgery, the relevant pathological conditions, as well as outcomes and complications.
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