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what is 'hemispherectomy'?
Definition for hemispherectomy
hemispherectomy is a medical procedure used for such diagnoses as: complex partial seizures.
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complex partial seizures
type of convulsions
hemispherectomy and complex partial seizures
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3-D SPECT perfusion scan
nuclear medicine tomographic imaging using gamma rays
hemispherectomy and 3-D SPECT perfusion scan
Anticonvulsant drug level
drug levels of anti seizure medications
hemispherectomy and Anticonvulsant drug level
Brain MRI
hemispherectomy and Brain MRI
CT brain
hemispherectomy and CT brain
CT scan
hemispherectomy and CT scan
Cerebrospinal Fluid analysis
hemispherectomy and Cerebrospinal Fluid analysis
Complete Blood Count
hemispherectomy and Complete Blood Count
Corpus Callosotomy
hemispherectomy and Corpus Callosotomy
EEG - Electroencephalogram
hemispherectomy and EEG - Electroencephalogram
EEG-video monitoring
hemispherectomy and EEG-video monitoring
Epilepsy Surgery
Surgical Options for Epilepsy
hemispherectomy and Epilepsy Surgery
FDG PET scan
hemispherectomy and FDG PET scan
Liver Function Tests
elevated liver enzymes
hemispherectomy and Liver Function Tests
Lumbar Puncture
hemispherectomy and Lumbar Puncture
Medium-chain triglycerides
hemispherectomy and Medium-chain triglycerides
Multiple Subpial Transection
Technique used in brain surgery to remove areas causing seizures
hemispherectomy and Multiple Subpial Transection
Serum calcium
hemispherectomy and Serum calcium
Serum phosphorus
hemispherectomy and Serum phosphorus
Vagal stimulation
hemispherectomy and Vagal stimulation
serum electrolytes
hemispherectomy and serum electrolytes
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carbamazepine
hemispherectomy and carbamazepine
carbamazepine(tegretol)
hemispherectomy and carbamazepine(tegretol)
felbamate
hemispherectomy and felbamate
gabapentin
hemispherectomy and gabapentin
gabapentin(neurontin , gabarone)
hemispherectomy and gabapentin(neurontin , gabarone)
lamotrigine
hemispherectomy and lamotrigine
lamotrigine(lamictal )
hemispherectomy and lamotrigine(lamictal )
levetiracetam
hemispherectomy and levetiracetam
levetiracetam(keppra , keppra xr)
hemispherectomy and levetiracetam(keppra , keppra xr)
oxcarbazepine
hemispherectomy and oxcarbazepine
oxcarbazepine(trileptal )
hemispherectomy and oxcarbazepine(trileptal )
phenobarbital
hemispherectomy and phenobarbital
phenobarbital(luminal)
hemispherectomy and phenobarbital(luminal)
phenytoin
hemispherectomy and phenytoin
phenytoin(dilantin)
hemispherectomy and phenytoin(dilantin)
pregabalin
hemispherectomy and pregabalin
primidone(mysoline )
hemispherectomy and primidone(mysoline )
tiagabine
hemispherectomy and tiagabine
tiagabine(gabitril )
hemispherectomy and tiagabine(gabitril )
topiramate
hemispherectomy and topiramate
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hemispherectomy
Candidates for functional hemispherectomy undergo an extensive pre-surgery ... A functional hemispherectomy requires exposing the brain using a procedure ...
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What is hemispherectomy? Find the definition for hemispherectomy at WebMD
Excision of one cerebral hemisphere; undertaken for malignant tumors, intractable epilepsy usually associated with infantile hemiplegia due to birth injury, and ...
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Hemispherectomy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Hemispherectomy is a surgical procedure where one cerebral ... craniectomy - Lobotomy - Hemispherectomy - Ventriculostomy - Anterior temporal lobectomy ...
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The cognitive outcome of hemispherectomy in 71 chi...[Epilepsia. 2004 ...
PubMed is a service of the U.S. National Library of Medicine that includes over 16 million citations from MEDLINE and other life science journals for biomedical ...
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Rasmussen's Encephalitis Press Releases: National Institute of ...
Rasmussen's encephalitis information sheet compiled by NINDS, the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke. ... You are here: Home > Disorders > ...
http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/rasmussen/press_rasmussen.htm
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Hemispherectomy Outcomes Favorable in Two Reports
Hemispherectomy has been performed in the treatment of epilepsy in association ... of 33 children who underwent hemispherectomy at Great Ormond Street Hospital, ...
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Epilepsy Seizure Disorder Information - MedicineNet
Learn more about epilepsy, its causes, treatment, and related information.
http://www.medicinenet.com/seizure/article.htm
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Surgery in AIDS patients.
Hospital Universitario Puerta del Mar, Cadiz, Spain. ... Hemispherectomy. Humans. Laparoscopy. Male. Microsurgery. Neurosurgical Procedures. Pancreatectomy ...
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eMedicine - Sturge-Weber Syndrome : Article by Masanori Takeoka
The Sturge-Weber syndrome (SWS), also called encephalotrigeminal angiomatosis, is a neurocutaneous disorder with ... 2 had LAs from hemispherectomy. ...
http://www.emedicine.com/neuro/topic356.htm
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Talk:Hemispherectomy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
... landing alone on the moon to scout it out and receiving a hemispherectomy. ... Hemispherectomy is a last ditch solution (and not a very good one) to ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Hemispherectomy
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Rasmussen's Encephalitis Information Page: National Institute of ...
Rasmussen's encephalitis information sheet compiled by NINDS, the National ... procedures, such as functional hemispherectomy and hemispherotomy, may reduce ...
http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/rasmussen/rasmussen.htm
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... who have a functional hemispherectomy will be able to return ... Is Functional Hemispherectomy? ... Are Associated With a Functional Hemispherectomy? ...
http://www.webmd.com/epilepsy/functional-hemispherectomy?page=2
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Surgical Options for Epilepsy Glossary of Terms with Definitions on ...
Surgical Options for Epilepsy glossary includes a list of Surgical Options for Epilepsy related ... See the entire definition of Functional hemispherectomy ...
http://www.medicinenet.com/surgical_options_for_epilepsy/glossary.htm
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Five or more acute postoperative seizures predict ...[Epilepsia. 2004 ...
PubMed is a service of the U.S. National Library of Medicine that includes over 16 million citations from ... resections and hemispherectomy in pediatric ...
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15101834
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Aphasia after hemispherectomy in an adult with early onset epilepsy and ...
Aphasia after hemispherectomy in an adult with early onset epilepsy and hemiplegia. T Loddenkemper, D Dinner, C Kubu, R Prayson, W Bingaman, A Dagirmanjian, and E ...
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Epilepsy
Other surgical procedures called hemispherectomy and corpus callosotomy offer ... Hemispherectomy. Hemispherectomy is the removal of half the brain, leaving ...
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Split-brain - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The surgical operation to produce this condition is called corpus ... Hemispherectomy. Confabulation. Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Split-brain" ...
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Epilepsy: Surgery Options For Epilepsy Information on Medicinenet.com
Functional hemispherectomy: This is a variation of a hemispherectomy, a radical ... With a functional hemispherectomy, one hemisphere is disconnected from the rest ...
http://www.medicinenet.com/surgical_options_for_epilepsy/page2.htm
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Symptomatic epilepsy in children with poroencephalic cysts secondary to ...
These two children underwent subsequently a functional hemispherectomy. ... late recurrences, although rare, do not allow to exclude that hemispherectomy ...
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Rasmussen's Encephalitis Publications: National Institute of ...
Rasmussen's encephalitis information sheet compiled by NINDS, the National Institute of ... Sorry, there are no other publications for Rasmussen's ...
http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/rasmussen/pubs_rasmussen.htm?css=print
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Surgery for Epilepsy - WebMD
Epilepsy surgery may be an option for people whose seizures are not controlled by medication, or when the medication ... functional hemispherectomy, one ...
http://www.webmd.com/epilepsy/surgical-options-epilepsy?page=2
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Persistent intracranial bleeding as a complication of hemispherectomy.
Journal List > J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry > v.29(3); Jun 1966. Summary. Selected References ... D R Oppenheimer and H B Griffith. This article has been ...
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Why would you remove half a brain? The outcome of ...[Pediatrics. 1997 ...
PubMed is a service of the U.S. National Library of Medicine that includes over 16 million citations from MEDLINE and ... Early hemispherectomy, although ...
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9240794
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Epilepsy-Surgery
Surgery can greatly improve the lives of some people with epilepsy. ... Hemispherectomy during the first few years of life may benefit children with ...
http://www.webmd.com/epilepsy/tc/epilepsy-surgery
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Corpectomy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Surgery, Nervous system: neurosurgical procedures (ICD-9-CM V3 01-05) ... craniectomy - Lobotomy - Hemispherectomy - Ventriculostomy - Anterior temporal lobectomy ...
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Epilepsy - Health and Medical Information Produced by Doctors ...
Read doctor-produced health and medical information written for you to make ... Hemispherectomy is performed only in children severely affected by epilepsy in ...
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neurosurgery
Narrower Terms: hemispherectomy. Narrower Terms: laminectomy. Narrower Terms: nerve decompression ... procedures performed on the nervous system, used in the ...
http://crisp.cit.nih.gov/Thesaurus/00005550.htm
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Seizures and Epilepsy: Hope Through Research: National Institute of ...
Hemispherectomy and hemispherotomy. Devices. Diet. Other Treatment Strategies ... a radical surgical procedure called hemispherectomy (see the section on Surgery) ...
http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/epilepsy/detail_epilepsy.htm
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Talk:Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine - Wikipedia, the free ...
... or reduce severe seizures through hemispherectomy, a procedure in which half the ... the lasting benefits of hemispherectomy, the dramatic operation in which ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Johns_Hopkins_University_School_of_Medicine
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Epilepsy: Surgical Treatments
WebMD Home Brain & Nervous System Health Center Epilepsy Health Center Epilepsy Guide ... Epilepsy Surgery: Functional Hemispherectomy ...
http://www.webmd.com/epilepsy/guide/epilepsy-surgical-treatments
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Vertebral fusion - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Skull, brain, and cerebral meninges ... craniectomy - Lobotomy - Hemispherectomy - Ventriculostomy - Anterior temporal lobectomy ...
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Does Dual Pathology Always Require Dual Resection?
... problems: first, so-called dual pathology (1) and second, hemispherectomy. ... Many of these patients require a hemispherectomy, that is, removal of the entire ...
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eMedicine - Communication Disorders : Article by Renee S Melfi
communication disorders, voice disorders, dysphonia, motor speech disorders, language disorders, aphasia, selected cognitive ... after hemispherectomy in an ...
http://www.emedicine.com/pmr/topic153.htm
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TV Checkup: House : Night of the Living Brain (Half) Dead
... is called a Functional Hemispherectomy , when surgeons remove a portion ... Technically, a hemispherectomy means removing half of the brain as House did in ...
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The National Institutes of Health (NIH) Consensus Development Program ...
... associated with infantile hemiplegia, hemispherectomy or callosotomy may be beneficial. ... for a "functional" hemispherectomy rather than one that ...
http://consensus.nih.gov/1990/1990SurgeryEpilepsy077html.htm
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A Guide to Epilepsy and Seizures
A complete guide to understanding the diagnosing and treating of epilepsy and ... Functional Hemispherectomy. ? Lesionectomy. ? Multiple Subpial Transections ...
http://www.webmd.com/content/article/87/99659.htm
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Anterior temporal lobectomy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Anterior temporal lobectomy is the complete removal of the ... craniectomy - Lobotomy - Hemispherectomy - Ventriculostomy - Anterior temporal lobectomy ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anterior_temporal_lobectomy
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WebMD Epilepsy Health Center - Find epilepsy information and the latest ...
Find epilepsy information including symptoms, treatment options, in depth news, diagnosis and tests, and community resources.
http://www.webmd.com/epilepsy/default.htm
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Online Medical Dictionary at WebMD: Find Definitions for Medical Terms
Find definitions for medical terms with the online dictionary ... hemispherectomy. hemodialysis. hemoglobin(Hb, Hgb) hemolytic anemia. hemoptysis. hemorrhage ...
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Epilepsy treatment for epileptic seizures on MedicineNet.com
Information on Epilepsy treatment includes how epilepsy is treated, drug ... is to remove a large part of one side of the brain (a hemispherectomy ); another ...
http://www.medicinenet.com/epilepsy_treatment/page3.htm
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Foraminotomy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Foraminotomy is a medical operation used to relieve pressure on ... craniectomy - Lobotomy - Hemispherectomy - Ventriculostomy - Anterior temporal lobectomy ...
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Ganglionectomy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A ganglionectomy, also called a gangliectomy, is the surgical ... craniectomy - Lobotomy - Hemispherectomy - Ventriculostomy - Anterior temporal lobectomy ...
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Pediatric Epilepsy Surgery Information and Types of Treatment on ...
Get information on the types of pediatric epilepsy surgery and the ... multilobar resection or hemispherectomy already have neurological abnormalities. ...
http://www.medicinenet.com/pediatric_epilepsy_surgery/page5.htm
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Hemispherectomy - Yahoo! Health
Hemispherectomy may completely prevent seizures and reverse delays in development that occur with some forms of epilepsy. ... Hemispherectomy is the removal of ...
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Encephalitis, Rasmussen's
Important It is possible that the main title of the report Encephalitis, ... Rasmussen's Syndrome and Hemispherectomy Support Network. 8235 Lethbridge Road ...
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Laminoplasty - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Laminoplasty is a surgical procedure for treating spinal stenosis ... craniectomy - Lobotomy - Hemispherectomy - Ventriculostomy - Anterior temporal lobectomy ...
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Eric Kossoff, MD
His clinical practice specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of childhood ... the ketogenic diet, infantile spasms, hemispherectomy, migraine headaches, ...
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Laminotomy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A laminotomy is a neurosurgical procedure that removes part of a ... craniectomy - Lobotomy - Hemispherectomy - Ventriculostomy - Anterior temporal lobectomy ...
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User talk:65.188.16.128 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Thank you for experimenting with the page Hemispherectomy on Wikipedia. Your test worked, and it has been reverted or removed. ...
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John Freeman, MD
Bookmark This Page. Site Map. Sign up for WebMD Newsletters. WebMD Home ... neurosurgeon Benjamin Carson, MD, have emphasized the role of hemispherectomy, ...
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