Medical and Functional Outcomes After Hemispheric Surgery

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This Science and Research Update held in conjunction with the 2023 meeting of the American Epilepsy Society reviews research about outcomes other than seizure control after hemispheric surgeries (e.g. anatomical hemispherectomy, hemispherotomy, functional hemispherectomy, hemidecortication.)

Moderated by Dr. George Ibrahim (The Hospital for Sick Children), this review includes:

1. Early Data from the Global Pediatric Epilepsy Surgery Registry – Outcomes Beyond Seizure Control (Monika Jones, JD, Pediatric Epilepsy Surgery Alliance)

2. Functional Outcomes: The Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh Experience (Dr. Taylor Abel and Emily Harford, M.A, CCC-SLP Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh)

3. Systematic Review of Outcomes Other Than Seizure Freedom (Dr. Nancy Mcnamara, Mott Children’s Hospital)

4. Post-Operative Hydrocephalus (Dr. Aria Fallah, UCLA Mattel Children’s Hospital)