Abstract:
:Today, hemispherectomy is a well-established procedure for the treatment of some sorts of catastrophic epilepsies. This, however, has not always been the case. The technique was developed to deal with brain tumors; however, the initial results were not remarkable. Moreover, when its morbidity became evident, it was almost abandoned. Had it not been for a shift in its use, with a huge increase in operations on patients with infantile hemiplegia, this surgery would certainly have disappeared. This paper focuses on the facts that surrounded these early years.
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Pediatr Neurosurgjournal_title
Pediatric neurosurgeryauthors
de Almeida AN,Marino R Jrdoi
10.1159/000085870keywords:
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2005-05-01 00:00:00pages
137-40issue
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1016-2291issn
1423-0305pii
85870journal_volume
41pub_type
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pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1159/000097527
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journal_title:Pediatric neurosurgery
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更新日期:2013-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Pediatric neurosurgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1159/000120639
更新日期:1992-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Pediatric neurosurgery
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1159/000491638
更新日期:2018-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Pediatric neurosurgery
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1159/000488767
更新日期:2018-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Pediatric neurosurgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1159/000441035
更新日期:2016-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Pediatric neurosurgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1159/000098391
更新日期:2007-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Pediatric neurosurgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1159/000120814
更新日期:1994-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Pediatric neurosurgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1159/000257525
更新日期:2009-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Pediatric neurosurgery
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1159/000028729
更新日期:1998-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Pediatric neurosurgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1159/000120913
更新日期:1995-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::Focal intracranial infections due to Salmonella are rare. So far, around 80 cases have been reported in the world literature. The authors present their experience of 6 cases of intracranial Salmonella infections, mainly subdural empyema in 5 and effusion in 1. In 1 case, subdural empyema was bilateral, and in another ...
journal_title:Pediatric neurosurgery
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1159/000048342
更新日期:2002-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::Hyponatremia is a common complication of intracranial disease or surgery. An evaluation should be undertaken to determine whether cerebral salt wasting (CSW) or inappropriate secretion of antidiuretic hormone is present as a cause. Since the treatment principles are completely different in the two pathological states,...
journal_title:Pediatric neurosurgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1159/000050424
更新日期:2001-10-01 00:00:00
abstract::The incidence of pneumocephalus after supratentorial craniotomy has been reported to be as high as 100%. However, transformation of postoperative pneumocephalus into tension pneumocephalus (symptomatic intracranial air) is a rather rare phenomenon. Tension pneumocephalus after posterior fossa surgery is reported mainl...
journal_title:Pediatric neurosurgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1159/000106394
更新日期:2007-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::A 4-year-old child with AIDS developed encephalitis 2 months prior to death. Adenovirus was cultured from the cerebrospinal fluid. At autopsy, sections of the brain revealed complete sloughing of the intracranial ependyma, with marked gliosis and edema of the periventricular white matter. Cells with large, dark, smudg...
journal_title:Pediatric neurosurgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1159/000120551
更新日期:1990-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::Though detected with increasing frequency, intracranial carotid artery dissection remains less common in infancy. We report on 3 otherwise healthy children aged 8, 12 and 15 years who presented with focal headache and stroke secondary to intracranial carotid occlusive disease consistent with arterial dissection. In 2 ...
journal_title:Pediatric neurosurgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1159/000120844
更新日期:1994-01-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:Although subdural hematomas (SDH) are common in infants, their long-term outcome is poorly documented in the literature. METHODS:Infants operated for SDH were followed prospectively and evaluated during their sixth year with systematic neurological evaluation and standard neuropsychological testing. RESULTS...
journal_title:Pediatric neurosurgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1159/000071648
更新日期:2003-09-01 00:00:00
abstract::Meningeal melanocytoma is an infrequent neoplasm of the central nervous system (CNS), especially in childhood and infancy. It was first described as an entity different from pigmented meningiomas and schwannomas in 1972, and few cases have been published so far. In this article, a 5-month-old male patient with meninge...
journal_title:Pediatric neurosurgery
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1159/000028945
更新日期:2000-05-01 00:00:00
abstract::Several groups have begun to explore the feasibility and utility of intrauterine closure of myelomeningocele. A subset of these fetuses have defects which fall into the category of myeloschisis, and therefore have inadequate skin to enable primary closure. After considerable discussion, it was decided to utilize biped...
journal_title:Pediatric neurosurgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1159/000028898
更新日期:2000-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Pediatric neurosurgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1159/000050397
更新日期:2001-08-01 00:00:00
abstract::The Chiari I malformation is associated with a hydromyelic cavity in 55-75% of patients. In the author's series (1977-1991), hydromelia occurred in 111 of 131 patients (85%). There were 35 children. Posterior fossa decompression with duraplasty and fourth ventricle to subarachnoid shunt was made in all patients with C...
journal_title:Pediatric neurosurgery
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1159/000120586
更新日期:1991-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::We report here the first case of ruptured arteriovenous malformation (AVM) in a patient with Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome (BWS). The subject was a 9-year-old boy exhibiting various abnormal features characteristic of BWS, who had undergone frequent surgical management for conditions such as umbilical hernia, polydactyl...
journal_title:Pediatric neurosurgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1159/000028854
更新日期:1999-09-01 00:00:00
abstract::Arachnoid cysts (ACs) are relatively common intracranial mass lesions, which occur most often in the middle cranial fossa. While these lesions can present as a mass lesion, many are asymptomatic. Rarely, posttraumatic or spontaneous rupture of ACs can result in intracystic hemorrhage, subdural hematoma or subdural hyg...
journal_title:Pediatric neurosurgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1159/000028918
更新日期:2000-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Pediatric neurosurgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1159/000496395
更新日期:2019-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Pediatric neurosurgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1159/000336752
更新日期:2011-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::Eighteen children under the age of 1 year underwent surgery for lipomeningocele at our institution between 1983 and 1991. All the patients had neurologic exams and urodynamic studies (UDS) including a cystometrogram and electromyography of the external urethral sphincter pre- and postoperatively. The surgical procedur...
journal_title:Pediatric neurosurgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1159/000120741
更新日期:1993-09-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:The failure rate following endoscopic third ventriculostomy (ETV) in infants younger than 2 years of age has been reported to be higher compared with that of older children, and it is unclear whether ETV might be superior to shunt placement in this age group. METHODS:Between 2003 and 2009, 23 patients young...
journal_title:Pediatric neurosurgery
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1159/000324913
更新日期:2010-01-01 00:00:00
abstract:PURPOSE:Over 170 years ago, traumatic spondylolisthesis of the axis or hangman's fracture was described. Most descriptions of this entity have focused on adult presentations. METHODS:We review the literature on pediatric cases of hangman's fracture emphasizing the embryological as well as presentation aspects. RESULT...
journal_title:Pediatric neurosurgery
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1159/000455923
更新日期:2017-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::We report a case of a 7-year-old child with a cranial deformity secondary to a craniotomy for an intracranial hematoma. He suffered from an acute epidural hematoma with a lineal fracture of the right temporal bone following a severe head injury. A large question mark-shaped skin flap with the periosteum and temporal m...
journal_title:Pediatric neurosurgery
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1159/000452804
更新日期:2017-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Pediatric neurosurgery
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1159/000121171
更新日期:1997-02-01 00:00:00