STEREOTAXY AND EPILEPSY SURGERY

Au sommaire: - Part 1. Investigation methods: Chapter 1: The contribution of clinical and electrophysiological (EEG and video-SEEG) data in the management of partial epilepsy surgery; Chapter 2: From Bourgery's anatomy to multiparameter, 3D, digital imaging, individual for each patient; Chapter 3: Magnetic resonance imaging : from morphological imaging to functional imaging; Chapter 4: Electrophysiological approaches to the non-invasive source localization of brain activity: magnetoencephalography; Chapter 5: Communicative neuroimaging. - Part 2. Stereotaxy and implantation techniques: Chapter 6: Electrode design and manufacture; Chapter 7: Stereoelectroencephalography (SEEG): Talairach's methodology; Chapter 8: The SEEG: from Leksell stereotaxic frame to stereotaxic robot; Chapter 9: SEEG electrodes implantation using flat-panel X-ray detectors and robot; Chapter 10: Talairach methodology in the multimodal imaging and robotics era; Chapter 11: Stereoelectroencephalography in the United States: the Cleveland Clinic Experience with SEEG. - Part 3. Epilepsy surgery: Chapter 12: The tailored cortectomies; Chapter 13: Epilepsy surgery in chidren; Chapter 14: SEEG-guided RF-thermo-coagulation of epileptic foci (thermo-SEEG): a palliative treatment for some partial epilepsies. - Part 4. Vision for the future: Chapter 15: Perspectives on the future of epilepsy surgery: which innovations for which applications?