Intractable epilepsy in vascular congenital hemiparesis: Clinical features and surgical options
- 9 July 2002
- journal article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Neurology
- Vol. 59 (1) , 129-131
- https://doi.org/10.1212/wnl.59.1.129
Abstract
Forty-one patients with vascular congenital hemiplegia and intractable epilepsy were reviewed. Most had severe hemiparesis, mental retardation, porencephaly, and focal epilepsy. Thirty-three were considered surgical candidates and 25 underwent surgery. Seizure freedom and significant seizure reduction were achieved in 12 of 13 patients after functional hemispherectomy, 4 of 6 after temporal lobectomy, 2 of 2 with extratemporal focal resections, 1 of 3 with corpus callosotomy, and 1 with porencephalic cyst drainage.Keywords
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