Why hemispherectomy?
A series of ten cases of infantile hemiplegia with behaviour disorders and with of without fits treated by unilateral stereotactic amygdalotomy is described. Out of the eight cases with fits good releif was seen in six and amelioration of the seizures in two. The behavioural disorders were well controlled in all the patients. When this procedure is compared with hemispherectomy, it is felt that operation of stereotactic amygdalotomy can be done as the procedure of first choice. Some hypotheses have been advanced to explain the modus operandi of the operation.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000679:Amygdala / Q000601:surgery; D001921:Brain / Q000601:surgery*; D002648:Child; D002653:Child Behavior Disorders / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006429:Hemiplegia / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011612:Psychosurgery; D012640:Seizures / Q000601:surgery; D013238:Stereotaxic Techniques; D013577:Syndrome