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Pediatric Epilepsy Surgery
Preoperative Assessment and Surgical Treatment
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Main 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.


PRODUCT DETAILS

ISBN-13: 9781604062540
Publisher: Thieme
Publication date: January, 2010
Pages: 400
Weight: 52g
Availability: Not available (reason unspecified)
Subcategories: Neurology, Neurosurgery, Paediatrics and Neonatal

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