Hemispherotomy in a patient with intractable epilepsy also on anticoagulant therapy for coronary artery aneurysms secondary to Kawasaki disease - Proposal of an ethical approach

Hemispherotomy in a patient with intractable epilepsy also on anticoagulant therapy for coronary artery aneurysms secondary to Kawasaki disease - Proposal of an ethical approach

Purpose: To describe the safe performance of epilepsy surgery in a patient on anticoagulant therapy. Patient and method: An 11-year-old girl developed Kawasaki disease, which caused coronary artery aneurysms. She had a left middle cerebral artery area infarction, manifesting as intractable epilepsy....

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Main Authors: Ayataka Fujimoto, Hirotaka Motoi, Tohru Okanishi, Yoshiki Mori, Ryo Sugiura, Toshiaki Oka, Masaaki Koide, Hideo Enoki, Tokutaro Tanaka
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2017-06-01
Series:Interdisciplinary Neurosurgery
Subjects:
Kawasaki disease
Intractable epilepsy
Critical epilepsy
Anticoagulant therapy
Epilepsy surgery
Ethical considerations
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214751916301554

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