Part 1: Evidence in pediatric epilepsy surgery 1. Evidence in pediatric epilepsy surgery Churl-Su Kwon and Varun Ramanan Subramaniam 2. Controversies in the timing of pediatric epilepsy surgery--is earlier better? Jarod L. Roland Part 2: Invasive investigation 3. Electroencephalographic evaluation of epileptogenicity--traditional versus novel biomarkers to guide surgery Eroshini Swarnalingam and Julia Jacobs 4. Invasive monitoring: stereoelectroencephalography (sEEG) versus subdural electrode (SDE) versus hybrid evaluation Taylor J. Abel, Luis Fernandez and Joseph Garcia Part 3: Resective or ablative surgery 5. Intraoperative adjuncts to optimize the surgical treatment of drug-resistant epilepsy--do new tools improve outcome? Trang Tran, Frederic Leblond and Roy W.
R. Dudley 6. Medial temporal lobe epilepsy--selective amygdalohippocampectomy versus anterior temporal lobectomy Christian Dorfer 7. Epilepsy in eloquent cortex: resection versus responsive neurostimulation Saadi Ghatan 8. Lesional epilepsy: lesionectomy versus ECoG-guided resection Shimrit Sibony-Uliel and Jonathan Roth 9. Insular/perisylvian epilepsy: Open resection versus stereotactic ablation (MR-guided laser ablation/radiofrequency thermocoagulation) versus responsive neurostimulation Vincent Joris, Jessica Royer and Alexander G. Weil Part 4: Hypothalamic hamartoma 10. Hypothalamic hamartoma--open surgery versus endoscopic surgery versus stereotactic radiosurgery versus stereotactic ablation (MR-guided laser ablation/Radiofrequency ablation) versus MRFUS Santiago Candela-Canto, Roberto Martinez Alvarez and Jose Hinojosa Mena-Bernal Part 5: Tuberous sclerosis complex 11.
Resective surgery in tuberous sclerosis complex-related epilepsy: tuberectomy and tuberectomy plus Shuli Liang, Zhirong Wei, Jiaqi Wang and Feng Zhai Part 6: Disconnective procedures 12. Functional hemispheric surgery--vertical versus lateral approach Jia-Shu Chen, H. Westley Phillips and Aria Fallah 13. Minimally invasive hemispherotomy--endoscopic, radiofrequency and robotic techniques Poodipedi Sarat Chandra and Manjari Tripathi 14. Lobar/multilobar epilepsy: resection versus disconnection Vejay N. Vakharia and Martin M. Tisdall 15. Corpus callosotomy: anterior two-thirds (two-stage) versus complete (one-stage) Meena Vessell and Robert J.
Bollo Part 7: Neuromodulation 16. Temporal lobe epilepsy with preserved function: multiple hippocampal transection versus neuromodulation (deep brain stimulation, responsive neurostimulation) Logan Massman and Sean Lew 17. Neuromodulation: comparison of vagus nerve stimulation, deep brain stimulation, and responsive eurostimulation Nebras M. Warsi, Hrishikesh Suresh and George M. Ibrahim.