10.1055/b-0034-84136 25 Anatomical HemispherectomyRocco, Concezio Di, Fountas, Kostas N., Massimi, Luca Anatomical hemispherectomy is the surgical procedure used to remove one cerebral hemisphere, with or without sparing the basal ganglia,…
10.1055/b-0034-84152 39 New Techniques in Electrophysiological Assessment of Pediatric EpilepsyAkiyama, Tomoyuki, Chan, Derrick, Otsubo, Hiroshi In pediatric epilepsy, neocortical seizures are more common compared with adult epilepsy. Epilepsy monitoring with…
10.1055/b-0034-84141 30 Corpus CallosotomyWong, Tai-Tong, Kwan, Shang-Yeong, Chang, Kai-Ping Approximately 10% of children with newly diagnosed epilepsy develop intractable seizures.1,2 Surgical management of children with medically intractable seizures includes resective…
10.1055/b-0034-84146 35 Radiosurgical Treatment for EpilepsyRégis, Jean, Lévêque, Marc, Bartolomei, Fabrice, Scavarda, Didier, Chauvel, Patrick Radiosurgery is, by definition, a neurosurgical procedure that uses stereotactically focused, converging, narrow ionizing beams…
10.1055/b-0034-84145 34 Cortical and Deep Brain StimulationKossoff, Eric H., Jallo, George I. Throughout Part II of this textbook, the risks and benefits of surgical procedures to either remove an epileptic…
10.1055/b-0034-84142 31 Multiple Subpial Transections in Children with Refractory EpilepsyTovar-Spinoza, Zulma, Rutka, James T. The multiple subpial transection (MST) technique was described by Frank Morrell as a new surgical procedure…
10.1055/b-0034-84144 33 Vagus Nerve StimulationLimbrick, David D. Jr., Smyth, Matthew D. Implantable devices for chronic vagal nervous stimulation (VNS) have been used since 1988 as an adjunct in the treatment…
10.1055/b-0034-84150 38 Postoperative Neuropsychological and Psychosocial OutcomeSmith, Mary Lou, Elliott, Irene, Lah, Suncica Children with epilepsy are at increased risk for cognitive and behavioral dysfunction, and greater severity of deficits…
10.1055/b-0034-84149 37 Postoperative Seizure ControlAdhami, Seema, Harini, Chellamani Epilepsy is a common problem in pediatric neurology. In 1975, Davidson and Falconer first showed that surgery could alter the outcome of…
10.1055/b-0034-84128 17 Anteromesial Temporal LobectomyÇataltepe, Oğuz, Weaver, John Anteromesial temporal lobectomy (AMTL) is the most commonly performed surgical procedure for the treatment of patients with medically refractory epilepsy. Although temporal…
