Open AccessPredicting Language Outcome After Left Hemispherotomy
Author(s) -
Karen Lidzba,
Sarah Bürki,
Martin Staudt
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
neurology. clinical practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.674
H-Index - 29
eISSN - 2163-0933
pISSN - 2163-0402
DOI - 10.1212/cpj.0000000000000852
Subject(s) - lateralization of brain function , medicine , epilepsy surgery , epilepsy , etiology , language function , psychology , audiology , psychiatry , linguistics , philosophy
Hemidecortication is a therapeutic option in patients with drug-resistant structural epilepsy. If surgery is performed early enough in left-hemispheric pathology, the plasticity of the developing brain may enable the right hemisphere to take over language-if this has not occurred before surgery. A systematic overview of potential predictors of language outcome after left hemidecortication in children is warranted.