Functional Neurosurgery

Part of the Neurosurgery by Example series, this volume on functional neurosurgery presents exemplary cases in which renowned authors guide readers through the assessment and planning, decision making, surgical procedure, after care, and complication management of common and uncommon disorders. The cases explore the spectrum of clinical diversity and complexity within functional neurosurgery, including essential tremor, thalamotomy, parkinson's disease, epilepsy, dystonia, and more.

Each chapter also contains 'pivot points' that illuminate changes required to manage patients in alternate or atypical situations, and pearls for accurate diagnosis, successful treatment, and effective complication management. Containing a focused review of medical evidence and expected outcomes, Functional Neurosurgery is appropriate for neurosurgeons who wish to learn more about a subspecialty, and those preparing for the American Board of Neurological Surgery oral examination.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1. Essential Tremor
Kelly Layton, Jonathan Riley, Richard Schmidt, Christian Hoelscher, and Chengyuan Wu
Chapter 2. Thalamotomy
Ashwin Viswanathan
Chapter 3. Deep Brain Stimulation for Non-Tremor Predominant Parkinson's Disease
Thomas Ostergard and Jonathan P. Miller
Chapter 4. Tremor Dominant Parkinson's Disease
Stephanie Zyck and Gaddum Duemani Reddy
Chapter 5. Deep Brain Stimulation for Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
Patrick Karas and Ashwin Viswanathan
Chapter 6. Hypothalamic Hamartoma Causing Gelastic Seizure
Nisha Giridharan, Patrick J. Karas, and Daniel J. Curry
Chapter 7. Hippocampal Sclerosis
Zoe E. Teton and Ahmed M. Raslan
Chapter 8. Neocortical Epilepsy
Zoe E. Teton and Ahmed M. Raslan
Chapter 9. Bitemporal Focus Epilepsy
Allen L. Ho and Casey H. Halpern
Chapter 10. Cortical Dysplasia with Medically Refractory Epilepsy
Nathan R. Selden
Chapter 11. Corpus Callosotomy
Nathan R. Selden
Chapter 12. Genetic Epilepsy
Nathan R. Selden
Chapter 13. Focal Spasticity of Upper and Lower limbs
Walid A. Abdel Ghany and Mohamed A. Nada
Chapter 14. Intractable Spinal Spastic Paraplegia
Michael Kinsman, Kyle Smith, and Mairaj Sami
Chapter 15. Dystonia
Zoe E. Teton and Ahmed M. Raslan