Pediatric Epilepsy Surgery: Preoperative Assessment and Surgical Treatment

The definitive reference for pediatric epilepsy surgery

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.