Seizure Outcome in an Infant after Hemispherectomy

Seizure Outcome in an Infant after Hemispherectomy - PMC - NCBI

Abstract. Isolated hemimegalencephaly (iHME) is a rare form of congenital malformation of cortical development characterized by enlargement of all or part of ...

Seizure Outcome in an Infant after Hemispherectomy - PubMed

Isolated hemimegalencephaly (iHME) is a rare form of congenital malformation of cortical development characterized by enlargement of all or part of one ...

Longitudinal seizure outcome and prognostic predictors after ...

Hemispherectomy is an effective surgical option for medically refractory epilepsy in children with multilobar or hemispheric epileptogenic lesions and no or low ...

Seizure outcomes after hemispherectomy for drug resistant epilepsy ...

At follow up of 1–5 years, after first year follow up 39 patients (67.24%) achieved seizure freedom (ILAE I), and Three years follow-up after hemispherectomy, ...

Longitudinal Seizure Outcome and Predictors After ...

At last follow-up, 136 patients( 80%) were either seizure free or had major improvement. The estimated probability of seizure freedom after a hemispherectomy ...

Clinical outcomes of pediatric hemispherectomy following ...

Seizure freedom rates after repeat epilepsy surgery in children vary, and range from 33% to 69.7%. Such variability can be attributed to several ...

Functional Outcomes After Pediatric Hemispherectomy - Consult QD

In our recent study on longitudinal outcomes after hemispherectomy in 170 children, two-thirds of patients were seizure-free at a median follow-up of 5.3 years.

Pediatric hemispherectomy outcome: Adaptive functioning ...

This large, single institution study revealed excellent seizure outcome in 91% of all 71 patients plus stability and/or improvement of intelligence and adaptive ...

Seizure Outcome and Its Prognostic Predictors After ... - Frontiers

Acute seizures within 1 week after surgery were considered as an indication of postoperative epilepsy recurrence. In a large series of 170 children who ...

Long-Term Outcomes of Hemispheric Disconnection in Pediatric ...

Hemispherectomy reportedly produces remarkable results in terms of seizure outcome and quality of life for medically intractable hemispheric ...

Long‐term functional outcomes and their predictors after ...

Hemispherectomy is an effective treatment option for children with medically refractory epilepsy caused by extensive congenital or acquired ...

Clinical outcomes of hemispherectomy for epilepsy in childhood and ...

One child with hemimegalencephaly is now seizure free after 1.5 years follow‐up and the other child with developmental pathology has shown >75% seizure relief ...

Does Etiology Impact Outcomes After Hemispherectomy?

Patients with cerebral palsy (CP) who have comorbid medically intractable epilepsy (MIE) had similar quantitative functional and seizure ...

Developmental Outcome After Epilepsy Surgery in Infancy | Pediatrics

RESULTS. Complete data were available on 24 of 50 infants. Surgeries included 14 hemispherectomies and 10 focal resections. Seventeen patients ...

Long-term outcomes after surgery for catastrophic epilepsy in infants

Surgical intervention for catastrophic epilepsy in infants remains safe, efficacious, and durable. The authors' work provides the longest follow-up of such a ...

Hemispherectomy in the treatment of seizures: a review - Lew

Recently, 15 pediatric epilepsy centers pooled data on 690 children to examine the issue of post-hemispherectomy hydrocephalus (68). The overall incidence was ...

Seizure and developmental outcomes after hemispherectomy in ...

Pathologic substrate was the main factor related with seizure outcome. In children with MCD and vascular lesions, although developmental ...

The Full Half of the Glass: Longitudinal Outcome of Hemispherectomy

Using survival analysis, the estimated probability of seizure freedom after hemispherectomy was 78% (95% confidence interval [CI] = 75%–81%) at 6 months, 76% ( ...

Long‐term functional outcomes and their predictors after ...

At a mean follow-up of 6.05 years after hemispherectomy, 70 patients (56%) were seizure-free and 45 (36%) had seizure recurrence; 10 patients (8 ...

Long-term Functional Outcome and Predictors After ...

Long-term Functional Outcome and Predictors After Hemispherectomy in Children · Seizure recurrence negatively affected all functional domains. · Abnormalities in ...