Open AccessFunctional hemispherotomy in the treatment of drug-resistant epilepsy: a clinical case
Author(s) -
Albert Sufianov,
R. T. Deniel,
S. Zh. Stefanov,
Г. З. Суфианова,
А. С. Орлов,
S. V. Churkin,
S. I. Kostarev,
S. V. Mirkhaydarov
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
èpilepsiâ i paroksizmalʹnye sostoâniâ
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.112
H-Index - 1
eISSN - 2311-4088
pISSN - 2077-8333
DOI - 10.17749/2077-8333.2018.10.4.054-060
Subject(s) - epilepsy , drug resistant epilepsy , medicine , clinical treatment , neuroscience , psychology , pediatrics , intensive care medicine
Though brain hemiatrophy is not among the leading causes of symptomatic epilepsy; the problem remains important and is of great practical interest to neurologists and neurosurgeons in Russia. In this article; we present an example of successful surgical treatment of Dyke-Davidoff-Masson syndrome. Here; functional hemispherotomy was performed in a 22 years old female patient; as a result; the occurrence and intensity of epileptic seizures decreased. This clinical case provides hope for this procedure to show even better results if performed in early childhood.