Title:
The effect of cerebral hemidecortication on neuropsychological outcome in children with Rasmussen's encephalopathy
Author:
Karin Scheetz
Thesis Advisor:
Jeffrey Baerwald
Committee Member:
Martin F. Sherman
Committee Member:
Margaret B. Pulsifer
Degree Granting Institution:
Loyola University Maryland--College of Arts and Sciences
Place:
Baltimore (Md.)
Publisher:
Loyola University Maryland
Date Created:
2004
Type of Resource:
text
Genre:
thesis
Language:
eng
Format:
application/pdf
Physical Form:
electronic
Digital Source:
reformatted digital
Abstract:
This study investigated the effects of hemidecortication on neuropsychological outcomes in children with Rasmussen's encephalopathy. Participants included 31 children with Rasmussen's who were part of a larger data set collected at the Johns Hopkins Hospital from 1965 to the present. Changes in intellectual, visuospatial/motor, and language functions following hemidecortication were examined, as were the differential effects of left or right hemidecortication. Results showed that hemidecortication was successful in decreasing seizures and disrupting the typical progressive cognitive decline. Expressive language functions were the most sensitive to hemidecortication, and showed an overall decline, while visual-motor skills were generally retained at pre-operative levels.
Subject:
Chronic encephalitis
Subject:
Brain--Abnormalities--Surgery
Subject:
Febrile convulsions
Subject:
Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children
Subject:
Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test
Degree:
Doctor of Psychology
Level:
Doctoral
Discipline:
Psychology
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Identifier:
ScheetzK-04
