Children treated with Hemispherectomy (Removal of one half of the brain)

This page shows information regarding the treatment of Epilepsy with Hemispherectomy.There are three areas: children who are/have been treated with Hemispherectomy, statistical information regarding Hemispherectomy, and it's effectiveness for specific types of epilepsy and links to other sites specifically for Hemispherectomy.

List of Children
Name	Date of Birth	Primary Diagnosis	Effectiveness
Trevor Corwin	4/3/2007	Infantile Spasms	Positive
Jolijn	4/8/2000	Infantile Spasms	Positive
Kenza	9/3/1999	Complex Partial Seizures	Positive
Kaitlyn J. Dilly	9/15/1998	Seizure Disorder	Positive
Brady Anne	10/11/1996	Seizure Disorder	Positive
Joshua Baltierra	4/12/1996	Seizure Disorder	Positive
Matthew	11/15/1994	Complex Partial Seizures	Positive
Katy	8/30/1994	Multiple Seizure types	Positive
Madelyn Meurer	8/25/1994	Myoclonic Seizures	Neutral
Katherine Grace	7/7/1994	Infantile Spasms	Positive
Kevin F	5/10/1994	Infantile Spasms	Positive
Bradley Pentycofe	4/14/1994	Tonic-clonic Seizures	Positive
Shelby Elaine	9/1/1993	Seizure Disorder	Positive
Anna	2/22/1993	Infantile Spasms	Positive
Daryll	8/17/1992	Infantile Spasms	Positive
Sally	6/23/1989	Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome	Positive
Brittany K	3/21/1987	Multiple Seizure types	Positive

For information on how these statistics are calculated, please see the disclaimer

Effectiveness for this treatment
Diagnosis	Total	Pos.	Neut.	Neg.	Unkn.
Complex Partial Seizures	2	100%	0%	0%	0%
Infantile Spasms	6	100%	0%	0%	0%
Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome	1	100%	0%	0%	0%
Multiple Seizure types	2	100%	0%	0%	0%
Myoclonic Seizures	1	0%	100%	0%	0%
Seizure Disorder	4	100%	0%	0%	0%
Tonic-clonic Seizures	1	100%	0%	0%	0%

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