Operative Techniques in Epilepsy Surgery

Surgical Planning 1.Image-Guidance and Epilepsy Surgery 2.Invasive EEG Studies: Peg, Strip, and Grid Implantation 3.Depth Electrodes in Invasive Epilepsy Monitoring Cortical Resection 4.Temporal Lobectomy and Amygdalohippocampectomy for Epilepsy: Operative Technique 5.Selective Amygdalohippocampectomy 6.Cortical Resection -- Central Region 7.Frontal, Parietal and Occipital Lobe Epilepsy 8.Epilepsy, the Insula, and Surgery 9.Surgical Management of Epilepsy Related to Hypothalamic Hamartomas 10.Multiple Subpial Transections Intra-operative Mapping 11.Corticography 12.Motor/Sensory/Language Mapping 13Callosotomy for the Treatment of Medical Epilepsy Refractory 14.Anatomical Hemispherectomy 15.Functional Hemispherectomy and Peri-insular Hemispherectomy Neuromodulation 16.Vagus Nerve Stimulation 17.Electrical Stimulation of Amygdala and Hippocampus for Intractable Temporal Lobe Epilepsy 18.Deep Brain Stimulation for Epilepsy 19.Responsive (Closed-Loop) Stimulation for the Treatment of Medically Refractory Focal Epilepsy Radiosurgery 20.Radiosurgery

Professor and Chairman, Neurosurgery, University of Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Serves as a primer on the various surgical options available to the epilepsy surgeon, a guide to technical aspects of the procedures, and finally as an update on present surgical innovations within the field...this book is highly readable and provides an excellent overview of the various surgical techniques, as well as details of peri-operative care, complications and outcomes. The color illustrations are plentiful and complement the text and are a strength of the book...chapters are well referenced with up to date citations...serves as an excellent overview of the techniques of epilepsy surgery, striking a balance between readability and details of surgical nuance...a valuable reference for anyone interested in epilepsy surgery as well as general neurosurgeons and neurologists seeking to become more familiar with both established techniques as well as recent advances in this exciting field.--AANS (American Association of Neurological Surgeons) Young Neurosurgeons' NewsletterProvides a very comprehensive review...unique...comprehensive and very thoroughly researched...a tremendous aid to the residents...very well written...exhaustive and very informative...extremely well illustrated...help[s] clarify the anatomic and surgical details...this book will tremendously help residents and young attending physicians...provides superb background information regarding epilepsy surgery.--American Journal of NeuroradiologyProvides an extensive look at the related anatomy and surgical approaches to epilepsy...comprehensive and succinct...a superb example of current trends...This book sets itself apart from major neurosurgical textbooks.--Doody's