Book description
Written by internationally recognized authorities in pediatric epilepsy
surgery, this cutting-edge book provides essential information about the
preoperative assessment of and surgical approaches to the treatment of
epilepsy in children. The book opens with an overview of pediatric
epilepsy followed by four main sections detailing preoperative
assessment, surgical approaches and techniques, outcomes, and recent
promising advances. The authors present numerous approaches for managing
temporal lobe epilepsy and extratemporal lobe epilepsy and guide
clinicians through various surgical techniques for hemispherectomy,
disconnection procedures, neuromodulation, and more.
Highlights:
Complete coverage of the selection of surgical candidates, including
young patients with congenital or early lesions
Detailed discussion of the latest surgical techniques such as
hippocampal transection, cortical and deep brain stimulation and radiosurgery
Comprehensive presentation of all major hemispherectomy and
hemispherotomy techniques
More than 100 illustrations, including 85 in full-color, to
elucidate key concepts
Ideal for pediatric neurosurgeons, epilepsy surgeons and pediatric
epileptologists, this authoritative text is also a valuable reference
for clinicians, residents, and fellows in neurology, neuroradiology,
neuropsychology, and neurophysiology with an interest in pediatric
epilepsy surgery. "This cutting-edge book provides essential
information about the preoperative assessment of and surgical approaches
to the treatment of epilepsy in children...A valuable reference [and]
encyclopedic in its coverage." -- Doody's Associate Professor in
Neurosurgery and Pediatrics, University of Massachusetts Medical School,
Worcester, MA, USA Associate Professor of Neurological Surgery,
Pediatrics and Oncology, Clinical Director, Pediatric Neurosurgery,
Director, Neurosurgery Residency Program, Johns Hopkins Hospital,
Baltimore, MD
