Table 1:

Demographic and clinical data of all patients with hemispherectomy

PatientsSexAge at Study (yr)Age at Operation (yr)Time since Operation (yr)DiagnosisEtiology Group
1M8.15.92.2HME leftCongenital
2M3.31.12.2HME leftCongenital
3M14.83.711.1Cortical dysplasia rightaCongenital
4M2.20.91.3HME leftCongenital
5F2.72.70.02Cortical dysplasia rightaCongenital
6M12.95.77.2Cortical dysplasia leftaCongenital
7F11.56.94.6Cortical dysplasia rightaCongenital
8F0.90.80.1HME leftCongenital
9M14.02.311.7Prenatal stroke rightCongenital
10F8.94.14.8Prenatal stroke leftCongenital
11F20.52.518.0Prenatal stroke rightCongenital
12F8.72.26.5Rasmussen rightAcquired
13F3.93.10.8Rasmussen leftAcquired
14F18.19.88.3Rasmussen rightAcquired
15F15.23.811.4Rasmussen rightAcquired
16F12.24.18.1Rasmussen rightAcquired
17F25.012.912.1Rasmussen rightAcquired
18F20.74.416.3Postnatal stroke rightAcquired
19F14.55.78.8Postnatal stroke rightAcquired
  • Note:—HME indicates hemimegalencephaly.

  • a Includes an extensive unilateral malformation of cortical development affecting >1 cerebral lobe requiring full anatomic hemispherectomy rather than a more conservative neurosurgical approach.