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Informationen zum Autor Hans O. Luders Klappentext "Textbook of Epilepsy Surgery "covers all of the latest advances in the surgical management of epilepsy! including new neuroimaging techniques; new surgical strategies; more aggressive surgical approaches in cases with catastrophic epilepsies; better understanding of epileptogenic mechanisms in etiologically different types of epilepsy; new surgical techniques and neuronavigation systems; and improved statistics of surgical outcome in different epilepsy types. This definitive textbook is an invaluable tool and reference source for Neurologists! Neurosurgeons! Epilepsy Specialists and those interested in epilepsy and its surgical treatment. Zusammenfassung Textbook of Epilepsy Surgery Inhaltsverzeichnis Contents Include: Section 1: History of Epilepsy Surgery and related fields. Section 2: Overview. Section 3: Epilepsies Remediable by Epilepsy Surgery. Section 4: Presurgical Evaluation: General Principles. Section 5: The Symptomatogenic Zone. Section 6: The Irritative Zone. Section 7: The Ictal Onset Zone. Section 8: The Epileptic Lesion. Section 9: The Functional Deficit Zone. Section 10: Presurgical Evaluation of Eloquent Cortex. Section 11: The Epileptogenic Zone. Section 12: The Patient Management Meeting. Section 13: Surgical Techniques for Placement of Intracranial Electrodes. Section 14: Cortical Mapping and Electrocorticography. Section 15: Resective Surgical Procedures for Epilepsy. Section 16: Non-resective Surgical Procedures and Electrical or Magnetic Stimulation. Section 17: Surgical Outcome. Surgical 18: Post-surgical Management. Section 19: Neuropathology and Research. Section 20: Surgical Failures: Reoperation. Section 21: Case Presentations. Section 22: Appendices.
