Main description:

Functional neurosurgery resource features state-of-the-art approaches from renowned experts!

For patients with inadequately treated epilepsy, tremor, dystonia, spasticity, depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder, Parkinson's and Alzheimer's disease, functional neurosurgery offers hope. Functional Neurosurgery: The Essentials is a reader-friendly introduction to this fascinating and rapidly evolving field. The text is edited by internationally prominent functional neurosurgeons Jeffrey A. Brown, Julie G. Pilitsis, and Michael Schulder. It features contributions from authors with expertise spanning the disciplines of neurosurgery, neurology, rehabilitation and physical medicine, neurophysiology, bioengineering, psychiatry and ophthalmology.

Opening with a brief history of stereotaxy/functional neurosurgery and brain stereotactic frames, 41 concise and coherent chapters explore cutting-edge approaches to a broad range of functionally treatable conditions. The chapters yield a solid foundation of understanding of the field, with insightful commentary, pearls, and nuances from the editors. The starting question in the neuroprosthetics chapter, "Can a computer infer human intention or perception?" brings to life the exciting, inquisitive, and pioneering spirit of this subspecialty. The robust reference list provides a guide to deeper study that should continue throughout training and practice.

Highlights

Imaging: MRI and CT for stereotactic neurosurgery, fMRI and resting state MRI
Movement disorders: A comparative analysis of the risks and benefits of deep brain stimulation versus lesioning
Epilepsy: Temporal lobectomy and extra-temporal surgery; invasive monitoring, neuromodulation, laser interstitial thermal therapy, and vagus nerve stimulation
Dystonia: Etiology to diagnosis, medical and surgical options
Future innovations: Exoskeletons, intention controlled, and visual neuroprosthetics

The text is a fundamental resource for neurosurgical residents during their functional neurosurgery rotations and for general neurosurgeons and functional subspecialists on procedures they may not routinely perform in clinical practice.

This book includes complimentary access to a digital copy on https://medone.thieme.com.

Contents:

1 History of Innovation in Stereotaxy/Functional Neurosurgery

2 A Brief History of Brain Stereotactic Frames

3 Frameless Navigation

4 MRI and CT Imaging with Stereotactic Neurosurgery

5 Functional Neuroimaging II: fMRI and Resting State MRI

6 Functional Neuroimging II

7 Intraoperative CT Imaging

8 Microelectrode Recordings in Deep Brain Stimulation Surgery for Movement Disorders

9 Cortical and Subcortical Mapping

10 Parkinson Disease-Evaluation and Medical Treatment

11 Surgery for Parkinson's Disease

12 Essential Tremor: Evaluation, Imaging and Medical Treatment

13 Surgery for Essential Tremor

14 Dystonia: Evaluation, Imaging and Medical Treatment

15 Surgical Treatment of Dystonia

16 Deep Brain Stimulation for Rare Movement Disorders

17 Lesioning versus Deep Brain Stimulation for Movement Disorders

18 Spasticity: Evaluation, Medical and Preoperative Considerations

19 Surgery for Spasticity: Rhizotomy and Intrathecal Therapy

20 Epilepsy: Preoperative Evaluation, EEG and Imaging

21 Epilepsy: Temporal Lobectomy with Invasive Monitoring

22 Epilepsy: Extra-Temporal Surgery with Invasive Monitoring

23 Neuromodulation in Epilepsy

24 Laser Interstitial Thermal Therapy for Epilepsy

25 Vagus Nerve Stimulation for Epilepsy

26 Neuroethics Essentials in Functional Neurosurgery for Neurobehavioral Disorders

27 Depression

28 Functional Neurosurgery for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

29 Neurosurgery Treatment for Anorexia Nervosa

30 Anterior Capsulotomy for Treatment of Refractory Schizophrenia

31 Alzheimer's Disease: Epidemiology, Pathophysiology and Surgery

32 Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus

33 Principles of Chronic Nociceptive and Neuropathic Pain

34 Neuromodulation for Neuropathic Pain

35 Spinal Cord Stimulation Using High Frequency and Burst Waveform Variation

36 Ablative Procedures for Trigeminal Neuralgia

37 Principles of Trigeminal Neuralgia

38 Intraoperative Neurophysiologic Monitoring during Microvascular Decompression for Trigeminal Neuralgia

39 Neuroprosthetics

40 Exoskeletons

41 Visual Prostheses