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Results in Infancy and Childhood

Alfred J. Luessenhop, MD; Teodoro C. dela Cruz, MD; Gerald M. Fenichel, MD

JAMA. 1970;213(10):1630-1636.

Abstract
In one infant, aged 4 months, and three young children, aged 3,3, and 7 years, with life-threatening, intractable, epileptic seizures the major interhemispheric commissures and one fornix were surgically divided. In the three children whose seizures were primarily of unilateral hemispheric origin the procedure has been very effective for control of seizures during followup intervals of 1 to 2 1/2 years. The infant's seizures were probably of bilateral origin and were not influenced by surgery. Surgical disconnection of the cerebral hemispheres may have greater application than hemispherectomy because it is not restricted to children with a severe hemiplegia and hemianopia. There was no evidence that cerebral disconnection produced an added neurological deficit, but elaborate testing for subtle deficits resulting from interruption of the interhemispheric transfer of information was not possible.

Author Affiliations
From the Division of Neurosurgery, Georgetown University Hospital (Drs. Luessenhop and dela Cruz) and the Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Children's Hospital of DC (Dr. Fenichel).; Dr. Fenichel is now with Vanderbilt University Hospital, Nashville, Tenn.

Footnotes
Reprint requests to 3800 Reservoir Rd, NW, Washington, DC 20007 (Dr. Luessenhop).

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