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Hemispherectomy: a schematic review of the current techniques.
De Almeida, Antonio Nogueira; Marino, Raul; Aguiar, Paulo Henrique; Jacobsen Teixeira, Manoel.
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  • De Almeida AN; Departamento de Neurologia do Hospital das Clinicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil. almeidaan@globo.com
Neurosurg Rev ; 29(2): 97-102; discussion 102, 2006 Apr.
Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-16463191
Anatomical hemispherectomy has been used for the treatment of seizures since 1938. However, it was almost abandoned in the 1960s after reports of postoperative fatalities caused by hydrocephalus, hemosiderosis, and trivial head traumas. Despite serious complications, the remarkable improvement of patients encouraged authors to carry out modifications on anatomical hemispherectomy in order to lessen its morbidity while preserving its efficacy. The effort to improve the technique generated several original procedures. This paper reviews current techniques of hemispherectomy and proposes a classification scheme based on their surgical characteristics. Techniques of hemispherectomy were sorted into two major groups: (1) those that remove completely the cortex from the hemisphere and (2) those that associate partial cortical removal and disconnection. Group 1 was subdivided into two subgroups based on the integrity of the ventricular cavity and group 2 was subdivided into three subgroups depending on the amount and location of the corticectomy. Grouping similar techniques may allow a better understanding of the distinctive features of each one and creates the possibility of comparing data from different authors.
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Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Hemispherectomy / Epilepsy Type of study: Etiology_studies Limits: Humans Language: En Journal: Neurosurg Rev Year: 2006 Document type: Article Affiliation country: Brazil Country of publication: Germany
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Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Hemispherectomy / Epilepsy Type of study: Etiology_studies Limits: Humans Language: En Journal: Neurosurg Rev Year: 2006 Document type: Article Affiliation country: Brazil Country of publication: Germany