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Partial Hemispherectomy

Known as: Hemispherectomy, Functional, Functional Hemispherectomy, Hemispherectomy, Partial 
The procedure consists of removing frontal and temporal lobes, and complete disconnection of the remaining cortex and CORPUS CALLOSUM.
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Review
2019
Review
2019
A child with a stroke, drug-refractory epilepsy and congenital heart disease: can a hemispherectomy be safely performed between staged cardiac procedures?
BackgroundThe safety of hemispherectomy between staged cardiac procedures is unknown and not previously reported… 
2019
2019
Hemispherectomía en el tratamiento de las convulsiones: perspectivas actuales de las indicaciones, técnicas y complicaciones - Revisión de literatura
Introducción: A hemisferectomía es un procedimiento valioso en el tratamiento de trastornos convulsivos causados por desordenes… 
2014
2014
Anesthetic management of a patient after functional hemispherectomy using bilateral bispectral index monitoring.
A 16-year-old woman with hypomelanosis of Ito (HI) was scheduled for surgical correction of a left wrist contracture and left… 
2014
2014
Clinical study of functional hemispherectomy for pediatric intractable epilepsy with hemisphere lesions
Objective To study the results of functional hemispherectomy for pediatric intractable epilepsy with hemisphere lesions, and to… 
2011
2011
[Three children with Rasmussen encephalitis showing marked improvement in daily life activity following the functional hemispherectomy].
We investigated seizure, intelligence quotient (IQ), and neurological outcomes including the process of motor function recovery… 
2009
2009
[Functional hemispherectomy in adult patients with catastrophic epilepsy: a new therapeutic indication?].
Functional hemispherectomy was reported in 1983 for the treatment of catastrophic refractory epilepsies in order to reduce the… 
2003
2003
Abnormalities of cortical development and epilepsy
− Twelve patients suffering from intractable epilepsy and presenting with radiological evidence of diffuse hemispheric… 
2002
2002
Long-term results of functional hemispherectomy for intractable seizures
Objective From May 1989 to April 1997, functional hemispherectomy was performed in 8 cases of intractable seizures. We… 
Review
1992
Review
1992
Functional hemispherectomy.
Complete hemispherectomies were performed throughout the 1950's and early 1960's for the treatment of medically refractory… 
1952
1952
[Total and subtotal hemispherectomy; comments on surgical technic].
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