Pediatric Deep Brain Stimulation by Ibrahim, George M.; Gorodetsky, Carolina;

Long description:

Pediatric Deep Brain Stimulation offers the first comprehensive, multi-disciplinary exploration of this rapidly advancing field, providing clinicians with an authoritative guide to the science, practice, and future of pediatric neuromodulation.

Organized into four integrated sections, the book begins with the essentials of a pediatric DBS program-including state-of-the-art imaging, peri-operative management, complication avoidance, and ethical considerations unique to the developing brain. Subsequent chapters examine the use of DBS across the spectrum of childhood movement disorders, from monogenic and acquired dystonias to non-dystonic conditions. A dedicated section addresses neuromodulation for pediatric epilepsy, with a focus on emerging technologies. The book concludes with cutting-edge applications of DBS in neurodevelopmental and neuropsychiatric disorders and a view toward the integration of neuroengineering to expand the reach and future potential of circuit-based interventions in children.

Edited by a pediatric movement disorders neurologist and a pediatric functional neurosurgeon who together direct an integrative, comprehensive pediatric DBS program, this volume brings a uniquely collaborative perspective and deep clinical expertise. It is an essential resource for neurosurgeons, neurologists, epileptologists, pediatric specialists, and researchers committed to advancing care for children with severe neurological disease.

• Provides a start-to-finish guide to the entire pediatric DBS process-from assessment and candidacy determination through surgical planning, peri-operative care and long-term management

• Reviews programming approaches across a wide range of pediatric conditions, with practical frameworks from experts

• Summarizes and evaluates the evidence base for DBS in multiple childhood neurological and neurodevelopmental disorders

• Offers a forward-looking perspective on engineering advances, technological integration, and the ethical principles that must guide the next generation of pediatric neuromodulation

Table of Contents:

Part I: Overview
1. Building a Pediatric DBS program
2. Translating lessons from DBS in adults to children
3. DBS mechanisms and pediatric indications
4. Anesthetic considerations for DBS in children
5. Deep brain stimulation targets and targeting methods for movement disorders in children
6. DBS targets and targeting methods for epilepsy in children
7. Neuroimaging for DBS in pediatric patients
8. Programming of DBS in children
9. Complications of DBS in children
10. Neuropsychological assessment in children undergoing DBS
11. Ethical issues in pediatric DBS
12. Surgical management of hypertonia in children

Part II: Movement Disorders
13. DBS for status dystonicus in children
14. DBS for monogenic dystonia
15. Deep brain stimulation for neurodegenerative dystonia
16. DBS for acquired dystonia
17. Emerging tool, technologies, and techniques in pediatric deep brain stimulation (DBS)
18. DBS for non-dystonic movement disorders in children

Part III: Epilepsy
19. DBS for childhood epilepsy
20. Responsive neurostimulation in children

Part IV: Neurodevelopmental disorders and emerging indications in children
21. DBS for Gilles de la Tourette syndrome in children
22. DBS for neurodevelopmental and neuropsychiatric disorders in children
23. DBS/neuromodulation for pain in children
24. Brain-computer interfaces for neurorehabilitation: Applications in children
25. Brain signals and connectomics - computational tools to advance neuromodulation in children