Pediatric Deep Brain Stimulation

Over the last decade, there has been a significant increase in the treatment of neurological and neurodevelopmental disorders in children using deep brain stimulation. Pediatric Deep Brain Stimulation reviews the significance and treatment options using deep brain stimulation for childhood disorders. The book is divided into four distinct sections, beginning with a comprehensive overview of a pediatric deep brain stimulation program including imagining, complications and ethical concerns. The second section presents how deep brain stimulation can be used to treat various movement disorders including dystonia and non-dystonic movement disorders. The next section details neuromodulation options for childhood epilepsy. The final section outlines how deep brain stimulation can be used to treat other pediatric neurodevelopmental disorders. Edited by top pediatric neurosurgeons, this book is the only resource for pediatric brain stimulation. Identifies imaging sequences utilized in the presurgical evaluation of children undergoing Deep Brain StimulationOutlines the most up to date concepts in programming of Deep Brain StimulationExplores neuromodulation available for children with dystonia, epilepsy and other neurodevelopmental disorders