Advances and Technical Standards in Neurosurgery

Advances and Technical Standards in Neurosurgery

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Pickard J. D.
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Epilepsy surgery is defined as any neurosurgical intervention whose pri- mary objective is to relieve medically intractable epilepsy (European Fed- eration of Neurological Societies Task Force 2000). The aim of epilepsy surgery is to reduce the number and intensity of seizures, minimise neuro- logical morbidity and antiepileptic drug (AED) toxicity, and improve quality of life. By definition, epilepsy surgery does not include normal surgical treatment of intracranial lesions where the primary goal is to di- agnose and possibly remove the pathological target, often an advancing tumour. In these patients, epileptic seizures are only one symptom of the lesion and will be treated concomitantly as part of the procedure. Temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) is recognised as the most common type of refractory, focal epilepsy. In one third of all cases the neuronal systems responsible for the seizures that characterise this form of epilepsy fail to respond to currently available AEDs (Andermann F 2002). New imaging methods, especially magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), identify localising abnormalities in an increasing proportion of patients with intractable focal epilepsy. Consequently, the accuracy of the preoperative diagnostic pro- cedures has been significantly improved during the last decade; and suit- able candidates for surgery can be selected more reliably. Currently the main resources in most epilepsy surgery centres have been used to evaluate candidates for TLE surgery.
EAN 9783709171929
ISBN 370917192X
Binding Paperback / softback
Publisher Springer, Wien
Publication date October 3, 2013
Pages 310
Language English
Dimensions 235 x 155
Country Austria
Readership Professional & Scholarly
Authors Antunes J. Lobo; Dolenc V. V.; Fahlbusch R.; Pickard J. D.; Rocco C. Di; Sindou, M.; Tribolet, N. de; Tulleken C. A. F.; Vapalahti M.
Illustrations XIV, 310 p.
Edition Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2004
Series Advances and Technical Standards in Neurosurgery