Psychosocial Consequences of Wounds
and Penney Upton2 (1) Faculty of Health, University of Canberra, Canberra, Aust Capital Terr, Australia (2) Institute of Health and Society, University of Worcester, Worcester, UK Box 1.1: Key Points…
Family, Friends and Social Support
and Penney Upton2 (1) Faculty of Health, University of Canberra, Canberra, Aust Capital Terr, Australia (2) Institute of Health and Society, University of Worcester, Worcester, UK Box 8.1: Key Points…
Concordance
and Penney Upton2 (1) Faculty of Health, University of Canberra, Canberra, Aust Capital Terr, Australia (2) Institute of Health and Society, University of Worcester, Worcester, UK Box 7.1: Key Points…
Frontal Lobe Surgery
(1) Department of Clinical Neurological Sciences, Western University, London, ON, Canada 7.1 Introduction Unlike other cerebral lobes that involve resective surgery for focal epilepsy, the array of frontal resections…
Temporal Lobe Surgery
(1) Department of Clinical Neurological Sciences, Western University, London, ON, Canada 6.1 Introduction A discussion of “temporal lobectomy,” which is more accurately referred to as “anterior temporal lobectomy” (aTLY),…
Techniques in Epilepsy Surgery
(1) Department of Clinical Neurological Sciences, Western University, London, ON, Canada 2.1 The Use of Bipolar Coagulation 2.1.1 The Physical Principles of Bipolar Coagulation There are general characteristics of…
Hemispherectomy
(1) Department of Clinical Neurological Sciences, Western University, London, ON, Canada 12.1 Anatomical (aHSPY) 12.1.1 History The history of the operation of surgical anatomical hemispherectomy (aHSPY) is an interesting…
Surgery Under Local Anesthesia
(1) Department of Clinical Neurological Sciences, Western University, London, ON, Canada 3.1 Philosophy of the “Traditional” Use of Local Anesthesia The beginning of epilepsy surgery in the English-speaking world…
Rolandic Surgery
(1) Department of Clinical Neurological Sciences, Western University, London, ON, Canada 8.1 Physiology and Surgical Anatomy of the Rolandic Cortex 8.1.1 Physiology As noted in the previous chapter, in…
