Epilepsy surgery in Sturge–Weber syndrome with unilateral or bilateral asymmetric brain involvement: Boston Children's Hospital experience
Outcomes after epilepsy surgery in children with SWS are robust and durable, with a low rate of complications. Both functional hemispherectomy and focal resections are effective in carefully selected patients, and patients with bilateral asymmetric involvement may have favorable outcomes.
Authors
- Morgan E. Ryan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2015-2330)
- Katrina Boyer
- Sanjay P. Prabhu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0871-115X)
- Scellig S. D. Stone (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4546-6790)
- Anna Pinto (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8485-4534)
- Masanori Takeoka
- Michelle Chiu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-6282-5872)
- Matheus Dorigatti Soldatelli (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1544-4398)
- Mustafa Şahin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7044-2953)
- Isabelle Iannotti
- Bo Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1635-4765)
- Joseph R. Madsen
Institutions
- Boston Children's Hospital (US)
- Harvard University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Epilepsia
- Published
- 2025-03-24
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1111/epi.18387
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Vascular Malformations and Hemangiomas
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.01