Newswise — Rolling Meadows, IL (July 1, 2024). The July issue of Neurosurgical Focus: Video (Vol. 11, No.
1 [ https://thejns.org/video/view/journals/neurosurg-focus-video/11/1/neurosurg-focus-video.11.
issue-1.xml ]) presents 18 videos demonstrating techniques related to epilepsy surgery. Topic Editors: Sharona Ben-Haim, Dennis Spencer, Jonathan Roth, and Howard L.
Weiner From the Topic Editors’ introduction: “The modern epilepsy neurosurgeon is a master of both traditional, open, craniotomy-based operative techniques and an array of minimally invasive stereotactic approaches. Here, we highlight several video demonstrations of paradigmatic operative procedures in epilepsy surgery, both traditional and novel, since both approaches are critically important in the neurosurgeon’s armamentarium..
.” Contents of the July issue: “Introduction. The technical landscape of modern epilepsy surgery” by Sharona Ben-Haim et al.
“Vagus nerve stimulation in pediatric patients with drug-resistant epilepsy: a step-by-step video” by Santiago E. Cicutti et al. “Minipterional craniotomy for resection of epileptogenic cavernous malformation” by Alexander Chartrain et al.
“Stereo-electro-encephalography (SEEG) methodology: technical nuances and insights into image-guided robot-assisted electrode implantation” by Piergiorgio d’Orio et al. “Robot-assisted stereotactic electroencephalography using 3-dimensional intraoperative imaging and frameless registration tool” by Lu.
