ABSTRACT

Offering authoritative coverage of the vast array of major clinical issues in epilepsy surgery-from the selection of surgical candidates to presurgical evaluation, surgical techniques, and postoperative rehabilitation-this reference presents a series of essays on the principles and controversies in the field with focused segments that express differing viewpoints by experienced clinicians in the discipline.

Who is a Surgical Candidate? The Presurgical Workup. Surgical Procedures. Outcome of Epilepsy Surgery. Investigational Procedures and Treatments