TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2023//
TI  - Effective epilepsy surgery for post-traumatic west syndrome following abusive head trauma
JO  - Acta medica Okayama
A1  - Tsuchiya, Hiroki
A1  - Shibata, Takashi
A1  - Sasaki, Tatsuya
A1  - Inoue, Takushi
A1  - Date, Isao
A1  - Akiyama, Tomoyuki
A1  - Kobayashi, Katsuhiro
SP  - 561
EP  - 566
VL  - 77
IS  - 5
N2  - West syndrome, an infantile developmental and epileptic encephalopathy with a deleterious impact on long-term development, requires early treatment to minimize developmental abnormality; in such cases, epilepsy surgery should be considered a powerful therapeutic option. We describe a 10-month-old female admitted with West syndrome associated with a hemispheric lesion following abusive head trauma. Her seizures were suppressed by hemispherotomy at 12 months of age, leading to developmental improvement. Surgical treatment of West syndrome following traumatic brain injury has not been reported previously but is worth considering as a treatment option, depending on patient age and brain plasticity.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0386-300X
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.18926/AMO/65980
ID  - ref1
ER  -