Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery

Part I: Achieving Stereotactic Precision.- Traditional and Mini-Frames.- Stereotactic Robots.- Intraoperative Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Computed Tomoraphy.- Frameless Image Guidance in Stereotactic Radiosurgery.- Part II: Defining Trajectories and Targets.- Principles of Safe Sterotactic Trajectories.- Structural Imaging and Target Visualization.- Network-Based Imaging and Connections.- Microelectrode Recording in Neurosurgical Patients.- Local Field Potentials and ECoG.- Awake Testing to Confirm Target Engagement.- Cloud-Based Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery and Registries.- Part III: The Biophysics of Stereotactic Therapy.- Responsive Neurostimulation.- Spinal Stimulation.- Peripheral Nerve Stimulation.- Non-Invasive Central Neuromodulation with Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation.- Ablation: Radiofrequency, Laser, and HIFU.- Radiosurgery.- Part IV: Diseases and Targets.- Parkinson's Disease: Deep Brain Stimulation.- Parkinson's Disease: Lesions.- Deep Brain Stimulation and Essential Tremor.- Essential Tremor: Lesions.- Dystonia.- Invasive Monitoring in Epilepsy Surgery.- Epilepsy: Mesial Temporal.- Neocortical Epilespy.- Stereotactic Neurosurgery for the Management and Treatment of Pediatric Epilepsy.- Epilepsy: Neuromodulation.- Deep Brain Stimulation for Treatment-Resistant Depression.- Deep Brain Stimulation for Obsessive Compulsive Disorder.- Stereotactic Lesion Procedures for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder.- Deep Brain Stimulation for Gilles de la Tourette Syndrome.- Neuromodulation for Chronic Pain.- Chronic Pain: Lesion.- Deep Brain Stimulation for Cluster Headache.- Part V: The Future of Functional Neurosurgery.- Developing New Indications: Strategies and Hurdles to Discovery.- Imaging: Patient Selection, Targeting, and Outcome Biomarkers.- The Design of Clinical Studies for Neuromodulation.- Registries and Big Data.