Post-hemispherectomy Hydrocephalus in Children: Results of a ...

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Results • Data were collected on 736 patients who had hemispherectomy surgery between 1986 and 2011. • Male: Female 367:369 • Age range 0.1 year to 42 years • Follow-up ranged from 21.5 mos to 302 mos, but F/U data was incomplete on 45 patients • 46 patients had pre-existing shunts-EXCLUDED • n=690 Functional 435 (63%) Anatomic 244 (35%) Hemicorticectomy 11 (2%) FH AH HC
Etiology of epilepsy Dysplasia 237 (34%) Rasmussen's 152 (22%) Stroke 148 (21%) Sturge Weber 26 (4%) Trauma 24 (3%) Idiopathic 16 (2%) Tumor 9 (1%) Other 56 (8%) None listed 22 (3%)
Page 1 and 2: Post-hemispherectomy Hydrocephalus
Page 3 and 4: Year N Surg details HCP Incidence R
Page 5 and 6: Center Children’s Hospital-Denver
Page 7: Methods • Second tier data collec
Page 11 and 12: Basal ganglia and/or thalamus inclu
Page 13 and 14: HCP-free 1.0 0.9 0.8 0.7 0.6 0.5 Ti
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Page 17 and 18: Results - Non-predictive variables
Page 19 and 20: Conclusions • Hydrocephalus is a

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