An observational study on outcome of hemispherotomy in children with refractory epilepsy

201523 citationsJournal Article

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Manas Panigrahi · Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences

Shyam Sundar Krishnan · Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences

Sudhindra Vooturi · Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences

Rammohan Vadapalli · Vijaya Medical and Educational Trust

Shanmukhi Somayajula · Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences

Sita Jayalakshmi · Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences

Abstract

Gliosis due to presumed childhood infarct was the leading cause of medically refractory epilepsy caused by hemispheric lesions in the current study. Encouragingly, hemispherotomy offers seizure freedom (in 90.5% patients) and improvement in QOLIE scores at two years follow up.

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Epilepsy research and treatment Pharmacological Effects and Toxicity Studies Neonatal and fetal brain pathology

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Published in: International Journal of Surgery

Volume 36, Issue Pt B, pp. 477-482

DOI: 10.1016/j.ijsu.2015.05.049

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An observational study on outcome of hemispherotomy in children with refractory epilepsy

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