Hemispherotomy and functional hemispherectomy: Indications and outcome

Epilepsy Research

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 104-112

  Marras, Carlo Efisio ^a   Granata, Tiziana ^a   Franzini, Angelo ^a   Freri, Elena ^a   Villani, Flavio ^a   Casazza, Marina ^a   De Curtis, Marco ^a   Ragona, Francesca ^a   Ferroli, Paolo ^a   D'Incerti, Ludovico ^a   Pincherle, Alexander ^a   Spreafico, Roberto ^a   Broggi, Giovanni ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF NEUROSURGERY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Functional hemispherotomy; Functional MR; Hemimegalencephaly; Hemispherectomy; Perinatal stroke; Rasmussen encephalitis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ALEXANDER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN MALFORMATION; BRAIN SURGERY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; FOLLOW UP; HEMISPHERECTOMY; HEMISPHEROTOMY; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RASMUSSEN SYNDROME; REPEAT PROCEDURE; SCHOOL CHILD; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ADOLESCENT; AGE OF ONSET; BRAIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ENCEPHALITIS; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEMISPHERECTOMY; HUMANS; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MALFORMATIONS OF CORTICAL DEVELOPMENT; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; REOPERATION; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77950521127     PISSN: 09201211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2009.09.006     Document Type: Article

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