CHAPTER 86 A History of Psychosurgery Patrick M. Schweder, Garth Rees Cosgrove The surgical treatment of neuropsychiatric disorders has caused considerable controversy and debate in scientific, ethical, philosophical, and political…
CHAPTER 76 Patient Selection Criteria for Deep Brain Stimulation in Movement Disorders Ioannis U. Isaias, Michele Tagliati Successful deep brain stimulation (DBS) therapy for movement disorders depends on a series…
CHAPTER 71 Introduction Andres M. Lozano, Ron L. Alterman As we complete work on this edition of Youmans, the field of stereotactic and functional neurosurgery is experiencing an unprecedented period…
CHAPTER 46 Parasitic Infections Oscar H. Del Brutto, Juan J. Figueroa, Hector H. Garcia Parasitic diseases of the central nervous system (CNS) affect millions of people in the developing world,…
CHAPTER 62 Standard Temporal Lobectomy William Bingaman, Imad Najm The term standard temporal lobectomy is commonly used in the medical literature but should be carefully interpreted because significant variations in…
CHAPTER 22 Avoidance of Complications in Neurosurgery Nirit Weiss, Kalmon D. Post As with all neurosurgical procedures, avoidance of complications is as important as treatment of disease. In general, avoidance…
CHAPTER 11 Neurosurgical Epidemiology and Outcomes Assessment Hugh Garton, Frederick G. Barker, II, Stephen J. Haines In this chapter we focus on the application of statistical and epidemiologic principles to…
CHAPTER 3 Molecular Biology Primer for Neurosurgeons Kevin Y. Miyashiro, James Eberwine Commenting on the structure and connections of neurons during his acceptance speech for the Nobel Prize in Medicine,…
CHAPTER 50 Animal Models of Epilepsy Maria Elisa Calcagnotto, Scott C. Baraban Epilepsy affects a sizable proportion of the population worldwide and is responsible for a heavy social and economic…
CHAPTER 48 Epilepsy Surgery Overview Guy M. McKhann, II, Matthew A. Howard, III Neurological surgery has played an important role in the management of patients with epilepsy throughout the history…
