Module 19 — Functional, Epilepsy, and Pain Neurosurgery

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[Verse 1]
Video-EEG running, semiology mapped on screen
High-res MRI protocol, hippocampal scarring seen
Mesial temporal sclerosis — classic Ammon's horn decay
Wiebe trial proved resection beats the medication way
Three drugs failed, drug-resistant — early referral is the call
ERSET confirmed it, don't delay behind a waiting wall
PET hypometabolism, ictal SPECT with SISCOM overlay
MEG dipoles, Wada testing, lateralize before you cut away

[Chorus]
Selecciona con cuidado, target avec précision
Engel Class One — sin convulsiones, c'est la guérison
SEEG or grids, the question of the depth and the spread
Program, follow, map it clean — saisir le réseau dans la tête

[Verse 2]
Subdural grids or SEEG now — coverage versus hemorrhage weighed
SEEG goes deep, robot-guided, eloquent cortex unafraid
Anterior temporal lobe — transsylvian amygdalohippocampectomy
Laser thermal therapy threading LITT through mesiotemporal anatomy
Focal cortical dysplasia — type two lights up on the MRI
Rasmussen progresses unilateral, hemispherotomy standing by
Corpus callosotomy severs drop attacks, not erasing all the haze
Subpial transection threads through eloquent cortex — parallel maze

[Chorus]
Selecciona con cuidado, target avec précision
Engel Class One — sin convulsiones, c'est la guérison
SEEG or grids, the question of the depth and the spread
Program, follow, map it clean — saisir le réseau dans la tête

[Verse 3]
Parkinson's — levodopa responsive, cognition clear, the frame aligned
STN cuts the meds, GPi holds dyskinesia confined
EARLYSTIM showed earlier intervention slows the functional fall
Microelectrode recording — beta bursts confirm the surgical call
Macrostimulation checks internal capsule, pulls the fingers tight
Medial lemniscus tingling tells you shift the contact left or right
MR-guided focused ultrasound burns the VIM without a blade
Essential tremor, one-sided thalamotomy, no electrode placed

[Bridge]
Dystonie — le GPi répond lentement, DYT1 attend des mois
Anterior thalamic nucleus, SANTE trial, seizures ebbed away
Centromedian for generalized, RNS listening every day
Vagus nerve stimulator — cyclic current, mood lifts as a side bouquet
Hypothalamic hamartoma laughing seizures, stereotactic approach
Tuberous sclerosis, multifocal — NEurology and surgery must encroach

[Chorus]
Selecciona con cuidado, target avec précision
Engel Class One — sin convulsiones, c'est la guérison
SEEG or grids, the question of the depth and the spread
Program, follow, map it clean — saisir le réseau dans la tête

[Outro]
Memory risk counseled, language mapping done with care
ILAE and Engel scores — quantify what surgery left there
Frameless, frame-based, asleep or awake, the patient is the art
Rigorous selection, accurate targeting — that's where surgeons start

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