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Table 1 Literature review of SWS surgery series in infancy

From: Vertical parasagittal hemispherotomy for Sturge–Weber syndrome in early infancy: case report and literature review

Authors and year

Age at Op (<1 year) (m)

Seizure duration (m)

Neurological deficit

Op

Seizure outcome

Developmental status

Ito et al. (1990)

5 and 11

3

Hemiparesis and psychomotor retarded

Parietooccipital lobectomy at 6 m and hemispherectomy at 11 m

None

Improved

2

2

Poor head fixation

Hemispherectomy

None

Improved

Arzimanoglou et al. (2000)

8

6

Mild cognitive deficit

Hemispherectomy

None

Normal

Bourgeois et al. (2007)

6.3

4.4

Hemiparesis and severe development delay

hemispherectomy

None

Improved

9.1

4.5

hemiplegia and severe development delay

Hemispherectomy

None

Improved

5.7

0.8

Hemiparesis and moderate development delay

Temporoparietooccipital lobectomy

None

Improved

8.5

5.1

Hemiparesis and severe development delay

Hemispherectomy

None

Unchanged

Delalande et al. (2007)

4

4

No details

Vertical parasagittal hemispherotomy

None

Improved

12

6

No details

Vertical parasagittal hemispherotomy

None

Improved

6

5

No details

Vertical parasagittal hemispherotomy

Partial seizure

Improved

Dorfer et al. (2013)

12

7

No details

Vertical parasagittal hemispherotomy

None

No details

12

9

No details

Vertical parasagittal hemispherotomy

None

No details