Adult Epilepsy: A Comprehensive Guide to Seizure Classification, Diagnosis, Evidence-Based Treatment, Neuroimaging, EEG, and Epilepsy Surgery

Advance your understanding of adult epilepsy with a comprehensive, evidence-based guide designed for healthcare professionals and advanced learners. Adult Epilepsy: A Comprehensive Guide to Seizure Classification, Diagnosis, Evidence-Based Treatment, Neuroimaging, EEG, and Epilepsy Surgery provides a structured and up-to-date exploration of one of the most complex and rapidly evolving areas of clinical neurology. Integrating current scientific knowledge with practical clinical application, this resource presents a systematic approach to the diagnosis, evaluation, treatment, and long-term management of seizure disorders in adults. The book examines modern seizure classification, epilepsy syndromes, epidemiology, pathophysiology, neurophysiology, and the mechanisms of epileptogenesis. It guides readers through electroencephalography (EEG), long-term video-EEG monitoring, advanced neuroimaging techniques, and the assessment of nonepileptic events, providing clear explanations that support informed clinical decision-making. Chapters also explore focal and generalized epilepsies, developmental and epileptic encephalopathies, mesial temporal lobe epilepsy, structural focal epilepsies, MRI-negative epilepsy, and drug-resistant epilepsy. Current evidence on antiseizure medications, precision medicine, presurgical evaluation, epilepsy surgery, laser interstitial thermal therapy (LITT), vagus nerve stimulation (VNS), responsive neurostimulation (RNS), and deep brain stimulation (DBS) is presented alongside internationally recognized approaches to patient care. Key features include: - Contemporary seizure and epilepsy classification - Evidence-based diagnostic and management strategies - EEG interpretation and neuroimaging principles - Comprehensive review of antiseizure medications - Evaluation and management of drug-resistant epilepsy - Presurgical assessment and surgical treatment options - Neuromodulation and minimally invasive therapies >Suitable for clinical practice, postgraduate education, board examination preparation, and independent study, this book serves as a valuable reference for understanding adult epilepsy and its multidisciplinary management. Intended for neurologists, epileptologists, neurosurgeons, neurophysiologists, physicians, residents, fellows, medical students, advanced practice providers, nurses, neuroscientists, and other healthcare professionals involved in the care of adults with epilepsy.