Functional Neurosurgery and Neuromodulation

Description

Functional Neurosurgery and Neuromodulation provides comprehensive coverage of this emerging, minimally invasive area of health care. Recent advances in these areas have proven effective for pain relief, memory loss, addiction, and much more. This practical resource by Drs. Kim J. Burchiel and Ahmed Raslan brings you up to date with what’s new in the field and how it can benefit your patients.

Table of Contents:

1. History and Evolution of Functional Neurosurgery
2. Facial Pain Classification and Outcome Measurement
3. Microvascular Decompression for Cranial Nerve Compression Syndromes
4. Trigeminal Ganglion/Rootlets Ablation for Pain
5. Management of Peripheral Nerve Neuralgia
6. Peripheral Nerve Stimulation for Pain
7. Spinal Cord Stimulation for Pain
8. Advances in Spinal Modulation (Waveform and DRG)
9. Occipital Nerve Stimulation
10. Deep Brain Stimulation for Pain
11. Spinal Ablation for Cancer Pain (Cordotomy and Myelotomy)
12. IDDS for Pain
13. DREZ
14. Spinal Rhizotomy for Pain
15. Trigeminal Tractotomy
16. Pre-Surgical Localization of Epilepsy
17. Principles and Techniques of Awake Brain Mapping
18. VNS
19. sEEG vs. Grids and Strips
20. Temporal Lobe Resection
21. Cortical Dysplasia and Extratemporal Resections in Epilepsy
22. RNS
23. Brain-Computer Interface
24. Laser Interstitial Thermal Therapy
25. DBS: Targets and Evolution
26. Microelectrode Recording in Functional Neurosurgery
27. Asleep-DBS using CT
28. iMRI-Guided Deep Brain Stimulation
29. Deep Brain Stimulation for Psychiatric Disorders
30. Closed-loop/Adaptive DBS
31. Robotics in Stereotactic Neurosurgery
32. Peripheral and Central Ablation for Spasticity
33. IDDS for Spasticity