10.1055/b-0040-177283 2 Intraoperative NeuronavigationKatherine L. Dickerson, Allen Ho, and Casey H. Halpern Abstract Innovations in intraoperative neuronavigation over the past two decades have enabled many of the recent advancements in…
19 Responsive (Closed-Loop) Stimulation Robert E. Wharen Jr. Partial epilepsy represents the most prevalent type of epilepsy, accounting for ~60% of cases overall and 90% of adult incident cases. Nearly…
16 Vagus Nerve Stimulation Uzma Samadani and Gordon H. Baltuch Vagal nerve stimulation was first reported as potentially having efficacy in three out of four seizure patients in 1990,1 and…
8 Insular Resection Christopher R. Mascott There has been a rebirth of interest in the insula of Reil from a surgical perspective over the past years. Insular cortex remains somewhat…
1 Image Guidance and Epilepsy Surgery Christopher R. Mascott Navigational systems have gained widespread acceptance in the neurosurgical community over the past decade. There is hardly a contemporary neurosurgery center…
11 Corticography Douglas Maus and Brian Litt Detecting the intrinsic electrical activity of the brain remarkably followed, rather than preceded, electrically stimulating the brain. In the late 19th century, individuals…
15 Functional Hemispherectomy and Periinsular Hemispherotomy Jean-Guy Villemure and Roy Thomas Daniel The introduction of functional techniques in surgery for hemispheric epilepsy has generated renewed interest in this small subgroup…
17 Stimulation of Amygdala and Hippocampus Claudio Pollo and Jean-Guy Villemure Despite considerable advances in pharmacological therapy for epilepsy, 25 to 30% of medically treated epileptic patients continue to have…
18 Deep Brain Stimulation Casey Halpern, Uzma Samadani, Jurg L. Jaggi and Gordon Baltuch Approximately one-third of patients with epilepsy will have persistent seizures despite maximal antiepileptic drug (AED) therapy.1–3…
5 Selective Amygdalohippocampectomy Warren W. Boling It is useful to categorize temporal lobe epilepsy into one of two types based on the anatomical site of seizure onset: neocortical (lateral temporal)…
