Textbook of Epilepsy Surgery
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Textbook of Epilepsy Surgery

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Textbook of Epilepsy Surgery

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Textbook of Epilepsy Surgery covers all of the latest advances in the surgical management of epilepsy. The book provides a thorough understanding of epileptogenic mechanisms in etiologically different types of epilepsy and explains neuronavigation systems. It discusses new neuroimaging techniques, new surgical strategies, and more aggressive surgic

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Information

Publisher
CRC Press
Year
2008
Print ISBN
9781841845760
eBook ISBN
9780203091708
Edition
1
Topic
Medicine
Subtopic
Medical Theory, Practice & Reference

Table of contents

  1. Front Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Contents
  4. Preface
  5. Color Inserts
  6. Chapter 1- Epilepsy surgery in Europe before the 19th century
  7. Chapter 2- Epilepsy surgery in Asia before the 19th century
  8. Chapter 3- Epilepsy surgery in Latin America before the 19th century
  9. Chapter 4a- The history of epilepsy surgery in the United Kingdom
  10. Chapter 4b- Epilepsy surgery in Ireland
  11. Chapter 5- Epilepsy surgery in Germany
  12. Chapter 6- Epilepsy surgery in France
  13. Chapter 7- Epilepsy surgery in Italy
  14. Chapter 8a- Epilepsy surgery in Switzerland
  15. Chapter 8b- Epilepsy surgery in Austria
  16. Chapter 9- Epilepsy surgery in the Nordic countries
  17. Chapter 10- The development of epilepsy surgery in the Netherlands and Belgium
  18. Chapter 11- History of epilepsy surgery in the Middle- and East-European countries and Russia
  19. Chapter 12- Epilepsy surgery in Canada
  20. Chapter 13- A brief history of epilepsy surgery in the United States
  21. Chapter 14- Epilepsy surgery in Latin America
  22. Chapter 15- Epilepsy surgery in Africa
  23. Chapter 16a- History of epilepsy surgery in Southeast Asia
  24. Chapter 16b- Epilepsy surgery in India
  25. Chapter 17- Treatment of epilepsy in Australia
  26. Chapter 18- Epilepsy surgery in Korea
  27. Chapter19- Epilepsy surgery in Thailand
  28. Chapter 20- History of epilepsy and seizure classification
  29. Chapter 21- History of electroencephalography as a pre-surgical evaluation tool: the pre-Berger years
  30. Chapter 22- History of neuroimaging in the pre-surgical evaluation
  31. Chapter 23- Epilepsy surgery in literature and film
  32. Chapter 24- The future of epilepsy surgery
  33. Chapter 25- Medical intractability in epilepsy
  34. Chapter 26- Epidemiology of the intractable generalized epilepsies
  35. Chapter 27- Genetic factors contributing to medically intractable epilepsy
  36. Chapter 28- Informed consent
  37. Chapter 29- Epilepsy surgery: access, costs, and quality of life
  38. Chapter 30- Epilepsy surgery: patient selection
  39. Chapter 31- Exclusion criteria
  40. Chapter 32- Classification of epileptic seizures and epilepsies
  41. Chapter 33- Mesial temporal sclerosis
  42. Chapter 34- Neocortical temporal lobe epilepsy
  43. Chapter 35- Premotor and central lobe epilepsy
  44. Chapter 36- Mesial frontal epilepsy
  45. Chapter 37- Basal frontal lobe epilepsy
  46. Chapter 38- Parieto-occipital lobe epilepsy
  47. Chapter 39- Insular epilepsy
  48. Chapter 40- Cingulate epilepsy
  49. Chapter 41- Hypothalamic hamartomas
  50. Chapter 42- Rasmussen syndrome
  51. Chapter 43- The Landauā€“Kleffner syndrome
  52. Chapter 44- The Lennoxā€“Gastaut syndrome: a surgically remediable epilepsy?
  53. Chapter 45- Medically intractable epilepsies not remediable by surgery
  54. Chapter 46- Special characteristics of surgically remediable epilepsies in infants
  55. Chapter 47- General principles of presurgical evaluation
  56. Chapter 48- The symptomatogenic zone ā€“ general principles
  57. Chapter 49- Auras: localizing and lateralizing value
  58. Chapter 50- Autonomic seizures: localizing and lateralizing value
  59. Chapter 51- Simple motor seizures: localizing and lateralizing value
  60. Chapter 52- Complex motor seizures: localizing and lateralizing value
  61. Chapter 53- Dialeptic seizures: localizing and lateralizing value
  62. Chapter 54a- Special seizures: localizing and lateralizing value
  63. Chapter 54b- Secondary generalized tonic-clonic seizures
  64. Chapter 55- The irritative zone: general principles
  65. Chapter 56- Noninvasive electroencephalography evaluation of the irritative zone
  66. Chapter 57- The irritative zone evaluated with invasive recordings
  67. Chapter 58- The significance of interictal fast ripples in the evaluation of the epileptogenic zone
  68. Chapter 59- Magnetoencephalography in the evaluation of the irritative zone
  69. Chapter 60- Magnetic resonance imaging in the evaluation of the irritative zone
  70. Chapter 61- Digital tools for reviewing the electroencephalogram: montage reformatting and filtering
  71. Chapter 62- Average reference and Laplacian montages
  72. Chapter 63- Automatic detection of epileptic spikes
  73. Chapter 64- Source localization of electroencephalography spikes
  74. Chapter 65- Antiepileptic drug withdrawal in presurgical evaluation: advantages, disadvantages, and guidelines
  75. Chapter 66- Effects of sleep and sleep deprivationon seizures and the electroencephalography in epilepsy
  76. Chapter 67- The ictal onset zone: general principles, pitfalls and caveats
  77. Chapter 68- Noninvasive electroencephalography in the evaluation of the ictal onset zone
  78. Chapter 69- Indications for invasive electroencephalography evaluations
  79. Chapter 70- Invasive electrodes in long-term monitoring
  80. Chapter 71- Foramen ovale and epidural electrodesin the definition of the seizure onset zone
  81. Chapter 72- Subdural electrodes
  82. Chapter 73- Stereoelectroencephalography
  83. Chapter 74- DC recordings to localize the ictal onset zone
  84. Chapter 75- fMRI in the evaluation of the ictal onset zone
  85. Chapter 76- Ictal SPECT in the definition of the seizure onset zone
  86. Chapter 77- Automatic detection of epileptic seizures
  87. Chapter 78- ā€˜Preictalā€™ predictors of epileptic seizures
  88. Chapter 79- Effect of anticonvulsant withdrawal on seizure semiology and ictal electroencephalography
  89. Chapter 80- Zone of electrical stimulation induced seizures in subdural electrodes
  90. Chapter 81- The epileptogenic lesion: general principles
  91. Chapter 82- Magentic resonance imaging in epilepsy: mesial temporal sclerosis
  92. Chapter 83- Magnetic resonance imaging in neurocutaneous syndromes
  93. Chapter 84- Magnetic resonance imaging in epileptogenic neoplasms
  94. Chapter 85- Magnetic resonance spectroscopy in patients with epilepsy
  95. Chapter 86a- Post-processing of the magnetic resonance imaging to better define structural abnormalities
  96. Chapter 86b- Multimodal image processing in pre-surgical planning
  97. Chapter 87- The functional deficit zone: general principles
  98. Chapter 88- Mesial temporal lobe epilepsy and positron emission tomography
  99. Chapter 89- PET in neocortical epilepsies
  100. Chapter 90- Pre-surgical neuropsychological workup: risk factors for post-surgical deficits
  101. Chapter 91- Pre-surgical psychiatric evaluations: risk factors for post-surgical deficits
  102. Chapter 92- Pre-surgical neuropsychological workup in children and intellectually disabled adults with epilepsy
  103. Chapter 93- Wada test and epileptogenic zone
  104. Chapter 94- Event-related potentials in patients with epilepsy
  105. Chapter 95- Eloquent cortex and tracts: overview and noninvasive evaluation methods
  106. Chapter 96- Noninvasive tests to definelateralization or localization of the motor area
  107. Chapter 97- Noninvasive tests to definelateralization or localization of memory
  108. Chapter 98- The epileptogenic zone: general principles
  109. Chapter 99- Future methods for the direct assessment of the epileptogenic zone
  110. Chapter 100- The patient management conference
  111. Chapter 101- Anesthesia for epilepsy surgery
  112. Chapter 102- Placement of subdural grids
  113. Chapter 103- Placement of depth electrodes
  114. Chapter 104- Stereoelectroencephalography
  115. Chapter 105- General principles of cortical mapping by electrical stimulation
  116. Chapter 106- Cortical mapping by electrical stimulation of subdural electrodes: primary somatosensory and motor areas
  117. Chapter 107- Cortical mapping by electrical stimulation of subdural electrodes: negative motor areas
  118. Chapter 108- Cortical mapping by electrical stimulation of subdural electrodes: supplementary sensorimotor area in humans
  119. Chapter 109- Cortical mapping by electrical stimulation of subdural electrodes: language areas
  120. Chapter 110- Cortical mapping by electrical stimulation: other eloquent areas
  121. Chapter 111- The role of electroencephalogram and magnetoencephalography synchrony in defining eloquent cortex
  122. Chapter 112- Cortical mapping using evoked potentials and Bereitschaftspotentials
  123. Chapter 113a- Cortico-cortical evoked potentials to define eloquent cortex
  124. Chapter 113b- Cortical mapping by intra-operative optical imaging
  125. Chapter 114- Functional localization of the cortex with depth electrodes
  126. Chapter 115- Intraoperative cortical mapping and intraoperative electrocorticography
  127. Chapter 116- Resective surgical techniques: mesial temporal lobe epilepsy
  128. Chapter 117- Resective neocortical techniques in adults
  129. Chapter 118- Epilepsy and vascular malformations: spectrum of lesions and strategies for management
  130. Chapter 119- Resective neocortical techniques in children
  131. Chapter 120- Hemispherectomy techniques
  132. Chapter 121- Experimental multiple subpial transection: is it still indicated?
  133. Chapter 122a- Multiple subpial transections
  134. Chapter 122b- Nonresective surgical procedures and electricalor magnetic stimulation for epilepsy treatment mutiple hippocampal transection
  135. Chapter 122c- Surgical disconnections of the epileptic zone as an alternative to lobectomy in pharmacoresistent epilepsy
  136. Chapter 123- Corpus callosotomy
  137. Chapter 124- Radiosurgical treatment of epilepsy
  138. Chapter 125- Vagal nerve stimulation: experimental data
  139. Chapter 126- Vagal nerve stimulation: surgical technique and complications
  140. Chapter 127- Vagus nerve stimulation: human studies
  141. Chapter 128- Experimental evidence for the involvement of the basal ganglia in the control of epilepsy
  142. Chapter 129- Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation
  143. Chapter 130- Mesial temporal lobectomy: post-surgical seizure frequency
  144. Chapter 131- Resective surgery in children
  145. Chapter 132- Hemispherectomy: post-surgical seizure frequency
  146. Chapter 133a- Psychiatric outcome of epilepsy surgery
  147. Chapter 133b- Sudden unexpected death in epileptic patients after epilepsy surgery
  148. Chapter 134- Psychosocial outcome and quality of life outcome
  149. Chapter 135- Neuropsychological outcome
  150. Chapter 136- Temporal lobe epilepsy surgery: surgical complications
  151. Chapter 137- Neocortical focal epilepsy surgery: surgical complications
  152. Chapter 138- Early post-surgical management of patients with epilepsy
  153. Chapter 139- Post-surgical pharmacotherapy: discontinuation of anticonvulsants
  154. Chapter 140- Post-surgical rehabilitation
  155. Chapter 141- Neuropathology of mesial temporal sclerosis
  156. Chapter 142- Pathology of neocortical epilepsy
  157. Chapter 143- Pathology of malformations of cortical development
  158. Chapter 144- Pathology of neurocutaneous abnormalities, vascular abnormalities: post-infectious and post-traumatic pathologies associated with epilepsy
  159. Chapter 145- Pathology of epileptogenic neoplasms
  160. Chapter 146- In vitro neurophysiological studies
  161. Chapter 147- In vitro cytochemical studies in epilepsy
  162. Chapter 148- Animal models of epilepsy with special reference to models relevant for transitional research
  163. Chapter 149- Surgical failures: pre-surgical evaluation
  164. Chapter 150- Reoperation after failed epilepsy surgery
  165. Chapter 151- Lesional mesial temporal epilepsy case discussions
  166. Chapteer 152- A patient with nonlesional mesial temporal lobe epilepsy
  167. Chapter 153- Patient with bitemporal lobe epilepsy
  168. Chapter 154- Patient with lesional neocortical focal epilepsy
  169. Chapter 155- Patient with nonlesional neocortical epilepsy
  170. Chapter 156- Patient with extensive malformation of cortical development
  171. Chapter 157- Hemispherectomy in a patient with catastrophic epilepsy
  172. Chapter 158- Case studies: Landauā€“Kleffner syndrome
  173. Chapter 159- Deep brain stimulation in a patient with medically intractable generalized seizures
  174. Chapter 160- Successful transcranial magnetic stimulation in a patient with medically intractable focal epilepsy
  175. Chapter 161- Surgery in a patient with medically intractable gelastic seizures and a hypothalamic hamartoma
  176. Chapter 162- Surgery in a patient with focal epilepsy and dual pathology
  177. Chapter 163- Essentials for the establishment of an epilepsy surgery program
  178. Chapter 164- Classification of seizure outcome following epilepsy surgery
  179. Chapter 165- Protocol for storage and processing of brain tissue for molecular studies
  180. Index
  181. Back Cover