Frontal Lobe Surgery
(1) Department of Clinical Neurological Sciences, Western University, London, ON, Canada 7.1 Introduction Unlike other cerebral lobes that involve resective surgery for focal epilepsy, the array of frontal resections…
Temporal Lobe Surgery
(1) Department of Clinical Neurological Sciences, Western University, London, ON, Canada 6.1 Introduction A discussion of “temporal lobectomy,” which is more accurately referred to as “anterior temporal lobectomy” (aTLY),…
Techniques in Epilepsy Surgery
(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…
Hemispherectomy
(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…
Surgery Under Local Anesthesia
(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…
Rolandic Surgery
(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…
Corticectomy
(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,…
Electrocortical (Cerebral) Stimulation
(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…
Corpus Callosotomy (CCY)
(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…
Parietal Lobe Resections
(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…
