In 1950, working in Johannesburg, South Africa, Krynauw reported on 12 patients with infantile hemiplegia who underwent hemispherectomy; seizure control was achieved in 10 of these patients, with improvement in function and behavior 1).
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Krynauw RA: Infantile hemiplegia treated by removing
one cerebral hemisphere. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry
13:243–267, 1950