(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…

(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…

(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…

(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…

(1) Department of Clinical Neurological Sciences, Western University, London, ON, Canada   5.1 Introduction The basic operation in epilepsy surgery is the simple removal of a section of the cortex,…

(1) Department of Clinical Neurological Sciences, Western University, London, ON, Canada   4.1 General Considerations Electrocortical stimulation of the human neocortex in patients under local anesthesia has now been practiced…

(1) Department of Clinical Neurological Sciences, Western University, London, ON, Canada   11.1 General Observations Regarding the Corpus Callosum (CC) 11.1.1 Introduction Corpus callosotomy (CCY) is not a resective epilepsy…

(1) Department of Clinical Neurological Sciences, Western University, London, ON, Canada   9.1 Introduction In this section the postcentral gyral cortex will not be considered, as it is more accurately…

(1) Department of Clinical Neurological Sciences, Western University, London, ON, Canada   13.1 Introduction The postoperative course of resective epilepsy operations is usually relatively predictable, similar to any uncomplicated neurosurgical…

(1) Department of Clinical Neurological Sciences, Western University, London, ON, Canada   10.1 Introduction 10.1.1 Anatomy The occipital lobe, the smallest of the cerebral lobes, has three surfaces—dorsolateral, medial, and…