NEUROLOGY
Left Hemiplegia
Left Hemiplegia When examining a patient with a left hemiplegia or hemiparesis, nondominant hemisphere function rather than aphasia testing is stressed. Even in left-handed patients, the right hemisphere is usually…
Right Hemiplegia
Right Hemiplegia When examining a patient who has right hemiplegia (paralysis) or right hemiparesis (weakness), establish whether the lesion is cortical, subcortical, in the brainstem, or in the spinal cord…
Localization
Localization There are three questions that have to be answered in assessing every patient with possible neurologic disease. These must be answered in order, or it is difficult to make…
Driving and Social Issues in Epilepsy
Driving and Social Issues in Epilepsy Joseph F. Drazkowski Joseph I. Sirven A person with epilepsy faces many social concerns that are taken for granted by those without the disorder…
Psychiatric Comorbidity of Epilepsy
Psychiatric Comorbidity of Epilepsy Steven C. Schachter Epilepsy is a model for brain-behavior relationships. Seizures affect behavior, and behavior affects seizures. Psychiatric comorbidity is common among patients with epilepsy, the…
Cognitive Effects of Epilepsy and of Antiepileptic Medications
Cognitive Effects of Epilepsy and of Antiepileptic Medications Kimford J. Meador COGNITIVE DEFICITS IN EPILEPSY As a group, individuals with epilepsy have impaired cognitive performance in comparison to healthy subjects…
Outcome and Complications of Epilepsy Surgery
Outcome and Complications of Epilepsy Surgery Deepak K. Lachhwani Elaine Wyllie The past decade has seen epilepsy surgery rise favorably in the ranks of treatment options for medically refractory seizures….
Newer Operative and Stereotactic Techniques and Their Application to Hypothalamic Hamartoma
Newer Operative and Stereotactic Techniques and Their Application to Hypothalamic Hamartoma A. Simon Harvey Jeremy L. Freeman Hypothalamic hamartomas (HHs), or hamartomata, are congenital, tumor-like malformations of the tuber cinereum…
Corpus Callosotomy and Multiple Subpial Transections
Corpus Callosotomy and Multiple Subpial Transections Michael C. Smith Richard Byrne Andres M. Kanner CORPUS CALLOSOTOMY Corpus callosotomy was first introduced as a surgical treatment for medically intractable epilepsy by…
