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Modified hemispherectomy for infantile hemiparesis and epilepsy
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the effect and medical imaging of modified hemispherectomy on patients with infantile hemiparesis and medically refractory epilepsy. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Forty-three patients with infantile hemiparesis and refractory epilepsy who underwent hemispherectomy were enrolled. Th...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7718624/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33335778 http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/tnsci-2020-0145 |
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author | Li, Yu-Hui Li, Dong-Sheng Wang, Mei-Qing Zhao, Kai Gao, Bu-Lang |
author_facet | Li, Yu-Hui Li, Dong-Sheng Wang, Mei-Qing Zhao, Kai Gao, Bu-Lang |
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description | OBJECTIVE: To investigate the effect and medical imaging of modified hemispherectomy on patients with infantile hemiparesis and medically refractory epilepsy. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Forty-three patients with infantile hemiparesis and refractory epilepsy who underwent hemispherectomy were enrolled. The treatment effect and medical imaging were analyzed. RESULTS: Anatomical hemispherectomy was successfully performed in all patients (100%). In all patients, the muscular tension decreased and the contracted limbs relaxed. In the pathological examination of the resected brain tissue, secondary cicatricial gyri with concomitant cortical dysplasia was present in 36 cases and polycerebellar gyrus malformation and porencephalia in the other 7 cases. Followed up for 7–15 years (mean 11.3), all patients were alive without a long-term sequela. Epilepsy was satisfactorily controlled, with complete seizure relief in 39 cases (91%) classified as Engel I and basic control in the other 4 (9%) defined as Engel II. The posthemispherectomy medical imaging demonstrated that the intracranial space on the operative side shrank, and the healthy cerebral hemisphere shifted markedly toward the hemispherectomy side, with expanded lateral ventricle on the healthy side and thickened skull and enlarged frontal sinus on the operative side. After 4–5 years, the intracranial space on the operative side disappeared in 75% of the patients, demonstrating enlarged cerebral peduncle on the healthy side. CONCLUSION: Further modified hemispherectomy in patients with infantile hemiparesis and medically refractory epilepsy demonstrated markedly ameliorated effects on epilepsy control and the prevention of superficial cerebral hemosiderosis in the long-term follow-up. |
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spelling | pubmed-77186242020-12-16 Modified hemispherectomy for infantile hemiparesis and epilepsy Li, Yu-Hui Li, Dong-Sheng Wang, Mei-Qing Zhao, Kai Gao, Bu-Lang Transl Neurosci Research Article OBJECTIVE: To investigate the effect and medical imaging of modified hemispherectomy on patients with infantile hemiparesis and medically refractory epilepsy. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Forty-three patients with infantile hemiparesis and refractory epilepsy who underwent hemispherectomy were enrolled. The treatment effect and medical imaging were analyzed. RESULTS: Anatomical hemispherectomy was successfully performed in all patients (100%). In all patients, the muscular tension decreased and the contracted limbs relaxed. In the pathological examination of the resected brain tissue, secondary cicatricial gyri with concomitant cortical dysplasia was present in 36 cases and polycerebellar gyrus malformation and porencephalia in the other 7 cases. Followed up for 7–15 years (mean 11.3), all patients were alive without a long-term sequela. Epilepsy was satisfactorily controlled, with complete seizure relief in 39 cases (91%) classified as Engel I and basic control in the other 4 (9%) defined as Engel II. The posthemispherectomy medical imaging demonstrated that the intracranial space on the operative side shrank, and the healthy cerebral hemisphere shifted markedly toward the hemispherectomy side, with expanded lateral ventricle on the healthy side and thickened skull and enlarged frontal sinus on the operative side. After 4–5 years, the intracranial space on the operative side disappeared in 75% of the patients, demonstrating enlarged cerebral peduncle on the healthy side. CONCLUSION: Further modified hemispherectomy in patients with infantile hemiparesis and medically refractory epilepsy demonstrated markedly ameliorated effects on epilepsy control and the prevention of superficial cerebral hemosiderosis in the long-term follow-up. De Gruyter 2020-10-20 /pmc/articles/PMC7718624/ /pubmed/33335778 http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/tnsci-2020-0145 Text en © 2020 Yu-Hui Li et al., published by De Gruyter http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Li, Yu-Hui Li, Dong-Sheng Wang, Mei-Qing Zhao, Kai Gao, Bu-Lang Modified hemispherectomy for infantile hemiparesis and epilepsy |
title | Modified hemispherectomy for infantile hemiparesis and epilepsy |
title_full | Modified hemispherectomy for infantile hemiparesis and epilepsy |
title_fullStr | Modified hemispherectomy for infantile hemiparesis and epilepsy |
title_full_unstemmed | Modified hemispherectomy for infantile hemiparesis and epilepsy |
title_short | Modified hemispherectomy for infantile hemiparesis and epilepsy |
title_sort | modified hemispherectomy for infantile hemiparesis and epilepsy |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7718624/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33335778 http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/tnsci-2020-0145 |
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