preserving the frontal and occipital poles but disconnecting them from the rest of the brain , resulting in a functional complete but anatomical subtotal hemispherectomy , retains the therapeutic effectiveness of a complete hemispherectomy while still protecting adequately against the serious late postoperative complication of superficial cerebral hemosiderosis and its associated neurologic deterioration , hydrocephalus and sometimes death .
C0006104
brain
C0020255
hydrocephalus