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The meaning of HEMIANESTHESIA is loss of sensation in either lateral half of the body.
anesthesia of one side of the body. crossed hemianesthesia (hemianesthesia crucia´ta) loss of sensation on one side of the body and loss of pain and temperature sense on the opposite side. Miller-Keane Encyclopedia and Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing, and Allied Health, Seventh Edition. © 2003 by Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier, Inc.
Hemianopia, hemianaesthesia, and hemiplegia after right and left hemisphere damage. A hemispheric difference. The incidence of somatosensory, visual half-field and motor deficits contralateral to a hemispheric lesion in a continuous series of 154 left brain damaged and 144 right brain damaged stroke patients were investigated.
anesthesia of one side of the body. crossed hemianesthesia (hemianesthesia crucia´ta) loss of sensation on one side of the body and loss of pain and temperature sense on the opposite side. Miller-Keane Encyclopedia and Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing, and Allied Health, Seventh Edition. © 2003 by Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier, Inc.
In this preliminary study, we tested whether clinical assessment can be improved to differentiate between these two types of deficit by modifying the assessment procedure.
The incidence of somatosensory, visual half-field and motor deficits contralateral to a hemispheric lesion in a continuous series of 154 left brain damaged and 144 right brain damaged stroke patients were investigated. These contralateral disorders were more frequent after lesions of the right hemisphere.
A practical definition of spinal hemianesthesia could be the attempt of achieving an asymetrical distribution of spinal block between the operated and nonoperated sides of the patients: Unilateral spinal anesthesia and posterior spinal anesthesia.