FUNCTIONAL HEMISPHERIC DISCONNECTION PROCEDURES FOR CHRONIC EPILEPSY: HISTORY, INDICATIONS, TECHNIQUES, COMPLICATIONS AND CURRENT PRACTICE IN EUROPE. A CONSENSUS STATEMENT ON BEHALF OF THE EANS FUNCTIONAL NEUROSURGERY SECTION

Functional hemispheric disconnection procedures for chronic epilepsy: history, indications, techniques, complications and current practice in Europe. A consensus statement on behalf of the EANS functional neurosurgery section

Introduction: The surgical procedure for severe, drug-resistant, unilateral hemispheric epilepsy is challenging.Over the last decades the surgical landscape for hemispheric disconnection procedures changed from anatomical hemispherectomy to functional hemispherotomy with a reduction of complications and stable good seizure outcome.Here, a task forc

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