Postoperative Course

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(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…

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Occipital Lobe Resections

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(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…

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History of Epilepsy Surgery

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(1) Department of Clinical Neurological Sciences, Western University, London, ON, Canada   1.1 Pre-twentieth Century The poor understanding of epileptic disorders in the nineteenth century gave rise to what now…

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