Epilepsy Surgery (Lesionectomy & VNS)

For the 30% of epilepsy patients whose violent, debilitating seizures cannot be controlled by medication (refractory epilepsy), surgery is the only path to a normal life. Families worldwide travel to India's specialized Comprehensive Epilepsy Centers for these complex interventions. Depending on exhaustive preoperative brain mapping (Video EEG, PET scans), the neurosurgeon performs a Resective Surgery (like a Temporal Lobectomy or Lesionectomy) to physically remove the tiny, scarred portion of the brain causing the electrical electrical storms. If the seizure origin cannot be safely removed, a Vagus Nerve Stimulator (VNS) is implanted in the chest to continuously send mild electrical pulses to the brain, effectively short-circuiting seizures before they start.