Epilepsy Patient Care

The range of services at the University Hospital Comprehensive Epilepsy Center is broad and includes the latest developments in seizure monitoring, diagnosis and treatment. The Center's success rate is high - in many cases achieving a cure for patients with surgical intervention.

Electrodiagnostic services

• 24-hour video EEG monitoring with surface electrodes with continuous monitoring
• 24-hour video EEG with intracranial electrodes under continuous monitoring by a nurse technologist
• Intracarotid amobarbital (WADA) testing
• Functional cortical mapping
• Electrocorticography

Epilepsy surgery

• Emergency or elective neurosurgery
  • Biopsy and removal of incidental lesions
  • Treatment of cerebral complications of epileptic seizures
  • Management of surgical complications
• Open and stereotactic biopsy
• Surgical resection of epileptogenic structural lesions
• Placement of intracranial electrodes
• Implantation and management of the Vagus Nerve Stimulator

Imaging

• State-of-the-art Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
• Computerized axial tomography
• Cerebral angiography
• Interictal Positron Emission Tomography (PET)

The University Hospital Comprehensive Epilepsy Center also offers a full range of services in epilepsy pharmacology, neuropsychology, and rehabilitation.