Functional hemispherectomy in children with epilepsy and CSWS due to unilateral early brain injury including thalamus: sudden recovery of CSWS

Domenica Immacolata Battaglia, P. Veggiotti, Donatella Lettori, Gianpiero Tamburrini, Tommaso Tartaglione, Alessandra Graziano, Chiara Veredice, Annalisa Sacco, Daniela Pia Rosaria Chieffo, Anna Maria Pecoraro, Cesare Colosimo, Concezio Di Rocco, Charlotte Dravet, Francesco Guzzetta

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Abstract

To try to prove in patients with refractory symptomatic epilepsy due to early brain injury involving thalamus and complicated by CSWS the effects of the isolation of the injured hemisphere, performed with functional hemisperectomy, on epilepsy, namely on CSWS.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)290-298
Number of pages9
JournalEpilepsy Research
Volume87
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2009

Keywords

  • Age of Onset
  • Brain Injuries
  • Cerebral Cortex
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Cognition Disorders
  • Disease Progression
  • Disease-Free Survival
  • Electroencephalography
  • Epilepsies, Partial
  • Female
  • Hemispherectomy
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Neuropsychological Tests
  • Quality of Life
  • Questionnaires
  • Sleep Disorders
  • Thalamus
  • Treatment Outcome

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