Corpus Callosotomy David W. Roberts Introduction A number of newer procedures—most notably, multiple subpial transection, vagal nerve stimulation, and deep brain stimulation—have become available in the treatment of seizure disorders,…
Lesionectomy: Management of Substrate-directed Epilepsies Kurupath Radhakrishnan Itzhak Fried Gregory D. Cascino Introduction Nearly one third of patients with newly diagnosed epilepsy on long-term follow-up will have their seizures unsatisfactorily…
Lesionectomy: Management of Substrate-directed Epilepsies Kurupath Radhakrishnan Itzhak Fried Gregory D. Cascino Introduction Nearly one third of patients with newly diagnosed epilepsy on long-term follow-up will have their seizures unsatisfactorily…
Multilobar Resections and Hemispherectomy Devin K. Binder Johannes Schramm Introduction Multilobar resection and hemispherectomy are surgical options available for the treatment of medically intractable seizures arising from a diffuse area…
Neocortical Resections Youssef G. Comair Paul C. Van Ness Roukoz B. Chamoun Carmel H. Bouclaous Introduction The histories of extratemporal epilepsy, epilepsy surgery, and neurosurgery are intimately related. The intractability…
Anterior Temporal Resection Kenneth Vives Gabriel Lee Werner Doyle Dennis D. Spencer Introduction Temporal lobectomy is the most common surgical procedure performed for medically refractory symptomatic epilepsy. This operation has…
Extraoperative Functional Mapping Prasanna Jayakar Ronald P. Lesser Introduction Focal cortical resections are now frequently performed in patients with partial seizures or hemispheric tumors. During resection, it is important to…
Intraoperative Functional Mapping George A. Ojemann Susan Y. Bookheimer Introduction This chapter describes established intraoperative methods for identifying functionally important cortex during resective epilepsy surgery. Several other chapters are complementary….
Intraarterial Amobarbital Procedures Marilyn Jones-Gotman Mary Lou Smith Heinz Gregor Wieser Introduction Successive hemianesthesia of the two cerebral hemispheres elicited by injection of an anesthetic agent into the internal carotid…
Intraoperative Electrocorticography Mark D. Holmes Gian-Emilio Chatrian Introduction The method of recording electrical potentials directly from the cerebral cortex (electrocorticography [EcoG]) or from the cerebral cortex and subjacent structures was…
