Epilepsy surgeries
Patients suffering from repeated attacks of seizures, not getting controlled by medications may need surgery to reduce the frequency of seizure or to cut down on the dose and number of medications. In order to achieve cure from epilepsy it is important to identify the exact focus from where the seizure is originating from the brain, this, generally requires multitude of tests and careful assessment by experts. At Aster RV we have the latest equipments in terms of EEG monitoring, 3 Tesla MRI, and facilities to perform video EEG, electrocorticography, stereotactic EEG, which greatly aides in decision making process and performing a successful surgery.
Different surgeries available:
Resective Surgery
Lesionectomy
Selective amygdalohippocampectomy
Corticectomy
Lobectomy (e.g. temporal lobectomy)
Multilobar resection
Disconnective/Palliative Surgery
Hemispherectomy
Corpus Callosotomy
Multiple Subpial Transections
Conditions treated
Mesial temporal sclerosis
Focal cortical dysplasia
Lesions like ganglioglioma, DNET
Congenital lesions causing seizures
