10.1055/b-0034-84140 29 Peri-insular HemispherotomyWetjen, Nicholas M., Kestle, John R. W. Anatomical hemispherectomy has proven to be an effective surgical treatment for epilepsy when the epileptic pathology involves a large part…
10.1055/b-0034-84143 32 Hippocampal TransectionShimizu, Hiroyuki Hippocampal transection was first reported in 2006 as a new surgical treatment for temporal lobe epilepsy.1 Using this method, postoperative verbal memory can be preserved…
10.1055/b-0034-84139 28 Transsylvian Hemispheric DeafferentationSchramm, Johannes As outlined in Chapter 24, functional hemispherectomy, hemispherotomy, or hemispherical deafferentation are closely related surgical options for patients with medically intractable seizures resulting from…
10.1055/b-0034-84138 27 Functional Hemispherectomy at UCLALam, Sandi, Mathern, Gary W. Cerebral hemispherectomy remains one of the more common and conceptually dramatic types of pediatric epilepsy surgery. In the 2004 International…
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-0034-84141 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…
