Functional Neurosurgery. The Essentials

Chapter 1: History of Innovation in Stereotaxy/Functional Neurosurgery

Chapter 2: A Brief History of Brain Stereotactic Frames

Chapter 3: Frameless Navigation

Chapter 4: MRI and CT Imaging with Stereotactic Neurosurgery

Chapter 5: Functional Neuroimaging II: fMRI and Resting State MRI

Chapter 6: Functional Neuroimging II

Chapter 7: Intraoperative CT Imaging

Chapter 8: Microelectrode Recordings in Deep Brain Stimulation Surgery for Movement Disorders

Chapter 9: Cortical and Subcortical Mapping

Chapter 10: Parkinson Disease-Evaluation and Medical Treatment

Chapter 11: Surgery for Parkinson's Disease

Chapter 12: Essential Tremor: Evaluation, Imaging, and Medical Treatment

Chapter 13: Surgery for Essential Tremor

Chapter 14: Dystonia: Evaluation, Imaging and Medical Treatment

Chapter 15: Surgical Treatment of Dystonia

Chapter 16: Deep Brain Stimulation for Rare Movement Disorders

Chapter 17: Lesioning versus Deep Brain Stimulation for Movement Disorders

Chapter 18: Spasticity: Evaluation, Medical and Preoperative Considerations

Chapter 10: Surgery for Spasticity: Rhizotomy and Intrathecal Therapy

Chapter 20: Epilepsy: Preoperative Evaluation, EEG and Imaging

Chapter 21: Epilepsy: Temporal Lobectomy with Invasive Monitoring

Chapter 22: Epilepsy: Extra-temporal Surgery with Invasive Monitoring

Chapter 23: Neuromodulation in Epilepsy

Chapter 24: Laser Interstitial Thermal Therapy for Epilepsy

Chapter 25: Vagus Nerve Stimulation for Epilepsy

Chapter 26: Neuroethics Essentials in Functional Neurosurgery for Neurobehavioral Disorders

Chapter 27: Depression

Chapter 28: Functional Neurosurgery for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

Chapter 29: Neurosurgery Treatment for Anorexia Nervosa

Chapter 30: The Role of Surgery for Patients with Schizophrenia

Chapter 31: Alzheimer's Disease: Epidemiology, Pathophysiology and Surgery

Chapter 32: Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus

Chapter 33: Principles of Chronic Nociceptive and Neuropathic Pain

Chapter 34: Neuromodulation for Neuropathic Pain

Chapter 35: Spinal Cord Stimulation Using High Frequency and Burst Waveform Variation

Chapter 36: Ablative Procedures for Trigeminal Neuralgia

Chapter 37: Principles of Trigeminal Neuralgia

Chapter 38: Intraoperative Neurophysiologic Monitoring during Microvascular Decompression for Trigeminal Neuralgia

Chapter 39: Neuroprosthetics

Chapter 40: Exoskeletons

Chapter 41: Visual Prosthesis

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.

• 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.

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