BRAIN SURGERY
Surgery may be recommended to those patients who do not respond to the usual seizure
medications or other therapies available.
Resective (Resection) Surgery: In resective surgery, an area of the brain that causes
seizures is removed. The most common type of resective surgery is a temporal lobectomy or
cortical resection, in which brain tissue is cut away from the temporal lobe to remove the
seizure focus.
Corpus Callosotomy: The corpus collosum is a band of nerve fibers connecting the two
halves of the brain. In a corpus callosotomy surgery, some or all of the fibers are cut to
disable communication from one side of the brain to another which may reduce generalized
and drop attack seizures. Corpus callosotomy is usually an option when no single focus can
be identified.
Mutliple Sub-pial Transection: This is used to help control seizures that begin in the brain
and cannot be safely removed. The procedure involves a series of shallow cuts in the tissue
which interrupts the movement of seizures but does not disturb normal brain activity.
medications or other therapies available.
Resective (Resection) Surgery: In resective surgery, an area of the brain that causes
seizures is removed. The most common type of resective surgery is a temporal lobectomy or
cortical resection, in which brain tissue is cut away from the temporal lobe to remove the
seizure focus.
Corpus Callosotomy: The corpus collosum is a band of nerve fibers connecting the two
halves of the brain. In a corpus callosotomy surgery, some or all of the fibers are cut to
disable communication from one side of the brain to another which may reduce generalized
and drop attack seizures. Corpus callosotomy is usually an option when no single focus can
be identified.
Mutliple Sub-pial Transection: This is used to help control seizures that begin in the brain
and cannot be safely removed. The procedure involves a series of shallow cuts in the tissue
which interrupts the movement of seizures but does not disturb normal brain activity.