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This book describes the specific surgical techniques currently employed in patients with intractable epilepsy; it also covers the relevant technical aspects of general neurosurgery. All of the approaches associated with the various foci of epilepsy within the cerebral hemispheres are considered, including temporal and frontal lobectomies and corticectomies, parietal and occipital lobe resections, corpus callosotomy, hemispherectomy, and multiple subpial incisions. In addition, an individual chapter is devoted to electrocortical stimulation and functional localization of the so-called eloquent cortex. The more general topics on which guidance is provided include bipolar coagulation (with coverage of the physical principles, strength of the coagulating current, use of coagulation forceps, the advantages of correct irrigation, and use of cottonoid patties) and all of the measures required during the performance of operations under local anesthesia. The book is designed to meet the need for a practically oriented source of precise information on the operative procedures employed in epilepsy patients and will be of special value for neurosurgical residents and fellows.

Medicine & Public Health. --- Neurosurgery. --- Neurology. --- Medicine. --- Médecine --- Neurologie --- Brain -- Surgery. --- Epilepsy -- Surgery. --- Surgery & Anesthesiology --- Health & Biological Sciences --- Surgery - General and By Type --- Epilepsy --- Brain --- Temporal lobectomy. --- Surgery. --- Lobectomy, Temporal --- Topectomy --- Temporal lobes --- Surgery --- Medicine --- Nervous system --- Neuropsychiatry --- Nerves --- Neurosurgery --- Diseases --- Neurology .

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Psychosurgery, or the surgical treatment of mental disorders, has enjoyed a spectacular revival over the past ten years as new brain stimulation techniques have become available. Neuromodulation offers new possibilities for the treatment of psychiatric disorders such as depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), addiction, eating disorders and autism. This work presents the history of this unique specialty and investigates current techniques and ethical challenges. With a wealth of illustrations and detailed anatomical diagrams, it provides essential information for medical practitioners, as well as anyone else interested in the fascinating advances being made in neuroscience today. « I like the book as it provides a very nice overview of psycho- surgery in general. It is easy to understand for any (para)medical practitioner, but even specialists in the field may learn new things. They may also enjoy looking the well-known and less-known figures which illustrate the book. » Professor Bart Nuttin « Reading this book is like reading an anthology, or rather an encyclopaedia of the field of psychiatric surgery, spanning more than a century. This is a work with an unprecedented degree of erudition and knowledge, and the subject is presented in a didactic, scholar, and scientific manner, and is extensively referenced and illustrated. If only one book is to be read by anybody interested in this field, regardless of specialty, this is The Book to read. » Professor Marwan Hariz.

Brain -- Surgery. --- Brain. --- Ethics. --- Medicine. --- Mental illness. --- Neurology. --- Neurosurgery. --- Psychiatry. --- Psychiatric Somatic Therapies --- Neurosurgical Procedures --- Surgical Procedures, Operative --- Behavioral Disciplines and Activities --- Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment --- Psychiatry and Psychology --- Psychosurgery --- Surgery & Anesthesiology --- Health & Biological Sciences --- Surgery - General and By Type --- Psychosurgery. --- Mental illness --- Psychiatric surgery --- Surgery --- Medicine & Public Health. --- Brain --- Treatment --- Deontology --- Ethics, Primitive --- Ethology --- Moral philosophy --- Morality --- Morals --- Philosophy, Moral --- Science, Moral --- Philosophy --- Values --- Nerves --- Neurosurgery --- Medicine --- Nervous system --- Neuropsychiatry --- Medicine and psychology --- Mental health --- Psychology, Pathological --- Diseases --- Neurology .