A Review of Cognitive Outcome after Hemidecortication in Humans

摘要: The surgical procedure of hemispherectomy was originally described by Dandyll and then independently L’Hermitte22 as a radical treatment for malignant gliomas within cerebral hemisphere. first applied relief from intractable epilepsy in patient with infantile hemiplegia McKenzie26 gradually thereafter it came into use one possible certain severe forms behaviour disorder2,20,23,46. Although the is still commonly referred to neurosurgical literature hemispherectomy, actual resections currently performed are more correctly hemidecortications. With elimination some long-term complications hemidecortication through modified procedures1,34,42, introduction new imaging techniques guiding selection6, has gained widespread acceptance today epilepsy13 arising such diverse conditions Sturge-Weber-Dimitri disease30, hemimegalencephaly18, hemiplegia, “Rasmussen’s Encephalitis”33,35.