Pediatric epilepsy surgery

Pediatric epilepsy surgery / Alexis Arizamanoglou, J. Helen Cross, William D. Gaillard, Hans Holthausen, Prasanna Jayakar, Philippe Kahane, Gary Mathern.

The "White Guide" of pediatric epilepsy surgery pre-surgical evaluation in children, semiology of epileptic seizures, etiology, surgical techniques, palliative surgery and following surgery

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Main Authors: Arzimanoglou, A. (Author), Cross, J. Helen (Judith Helen), 1961- (Author), Gaillard, William D. (Author), Holthausen, Hans (Author), Jayakar, Prasanna (Author), Kahane, Philippe (Author), Mathern, Gary (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Montrouge, France : John Libbey Eurotext, 2016.
Subjects:
Epilepsy in children > Surgery.
Epilepsy in children.
Children.
Infants.
children (people by age group)
infants.
MEDICAL > Gynecology & Obstetrics.
Infants
Children
Epilepsy in children
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Table of Contents:
  • "Pediatric Epilepsy Surgery"; "Epilepsy surgery in children: Time is critical"; "Section I. PRESURGICAL EVALUATION IN CHILDREN"; "CHAPTER 1. The role and limits of seizure semiology"; "What can be determined from semiologyin children?"; "Age dependence of semiology"; "CHAPTER 2. The role and limits of surface EEG and source imaging"; "Surface EEG"; "General principles"; "Developmental substrates; Maturational issues"; "The epileptic generator"; "Technical issues"; "Practical dos and don't; Tips to avoid pitfalls"; "Source imaging"; "Background."
  • "Basic principles of source imaging""Localization of the epileptogenic zone in conjunction with other non-invasive neurophysiological and imaging modalities"; "Contribution to the decision making relevant to the indication for invasive monitoring"; "ESI/MSI: pros and cons"; "EEG-triggered fMRI"; "CHAPTER 3. The role and limits of structural and functional neuroimaging"; "Structural imaging in presurgical evaluation"; "Functional imaging to identify the epileptogenic zone"; "Mapping eloquent cortex"; "CHAPTER 4. The role and limitations of cognitive evaluation."
  • "Purposes of the presurgical neuropsychological evaluation""Domains included in the neuropsychological evaluation and guidelines for determining assessment tools within those domains"; "School-age children"; "Considerations for young (preschool) and children with intellectual disability"; "Intracarotid anaesthetic procedures in children"; "Language testing"; "Memory"; "Challenges for and limitations of the presurgical neuropsychological evaluation in children"; "Future directions"; "CHAPTER 5. The role and limits of behavioral and psychiatric evaluation."
  • "Overlap of epilepsy and psychiatric conditions""Neurologic pathways to psychiatric illness"; "Common psychiatric comorbidities"; "Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)"; "Anxiety and depression"; "Comorbidity in drug-resistant epilepsy"; "Surgery in neurology and psychiatry"; "Role of neurobehavioral evaluation"; "Elements of neurobehavioral evaluation"; "Risk and benefit analysis"; "Limits of neurobehavioral evaluation"; "Research directions for the future"; "CHAPTER 6. Intracranial EEG recordings and electrical stimulation"; "General indications."
  • "IEEG methods: subdural/depth, SEEG, ECoG""Subdural electrodes and combination of subdural/depth electrodes"; "Stereo-electro-encephalography (SEEG)"; "Intra-operative electro-corticography (ECoG)"; "Defining the epileptogenic zone (EZ): spontaneous and provoked"; "Ictal onset zone"; "Irritative, continuous epileptiform discharges, and functional deficit zones"; "Defining critical cortex: intra-operative and extra-operative"; "Extra-operative electrical stimulation"; "Intra-operative electrical stimulation"; "CHAPTER 7. Why is the epilepsy case conference important?"

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