Infantile Hemiplegia Treated by Hemispherectomy

Infantile hemiplegia treated by removing one cerebral hemisphere.

This preliminary communication is concerned with what I believe to be a new approach to the problem of the infantile hemiplegias. It is as well however to point out at the outset that the term infantile hemiplegia is employed here in a wide sense, and that some of the cases would, in a strict attempt at classification, fall clearly into the Little's group. The work on which the present report i...

The Effects of Hemispherectomy on Intellectual Functioning in Cases of Infantile Hemiplegia.

Idiopathic infantile asymmetry and infantile hemiplegia.

In their recent paper, Philippi et al. [1] proposed a welcome evaluation scale which may be used across the different approaches that have been applied to infants with idiopathic asymmetry. It provides a functional view based on posture, spontaneous and reactive movements, hopefully unifying the host of syndromes under which these children came in the past. All these disorder categories (briefl...

Infantile hemiplegia in pediatric dental set-up

Infantile hemiplegia refers to brain injuries that occur before or at birth and lead to hemiplegia/ total paralysis of one side of the body, including the face, arm and leg. The main purpose of this article is to provide valuable information to pediatric dentists about the review and treatment alternatives for patients with infantile hemiplegia. This article reports the case of a 12-year-old gi...

infantile hemiplegia in pediatric dental set-up

infantile hemiplegia refers to brain injuries that occur before or at birth and lead to hemiplegia/ total paralysis of one side of the body, including the face, arm and leg. the main purpose of this article is to provide valuable information to pediatric dentists about the review and treatment alternatives for patients with infantile hemiplegia. this article reports the case of a 12-year-old gi...