Epilepsy

Epilepsy is one of the most common disorders involving the brain

Epilepsy is a neurological disorder involving recurrent seizures. It is one of the most common disorders involving the brain, affecting people regardless of age, gender, or ethnicity. According to the Epilepsy Foundation, 2.7 million Americans are affected by this condition.

Epilepsy treatment options

The goal of seizure management is to control, stop or decrease the frequency of the seizures without interfering with the normal activities of daily living. The purpose of treatment of epilepsy and seizures is to identify the type of seizure, use the least amount of medicine to control seizures, maintain healthy medicine levels and to avoid triggers to a seizure.

Treatment plans for patients will be determined by their care team based on age, medical history, type and stage of epilepsy and seizures and personal preferences.

Temporal and extratemporal resection
Lesionectomy
Vagus nerve stimulation
Clinical trials (when appropriate)

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Baylor Scott & White Neuroscience Institute Epilepsy Center

The Baylor Scott & White Neuroscience Institute Epilepsy Center has the prestigious designation as a National Association of Epilepsy Center and offers advanced epilepsy treatment. The comprehensive Epilepsy Center provides both inpatient and outpatient diagnostic evaluations of epilepsy and offers options for the appropriate course of treatment.

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Baylor Neuroscience Center

The Epilepsy Program at the Baylor Neuroscience Center is a comprehensive program for the evaluation, diagnosis and treatment of seizure disorders. A technologically advanced six-bed inpatient Epilepsy Monitoring Unit (EMU) offers numerous diagnostic and monitoring options. At the Baylor Neuroscience Center EMU, patients are treated by a multidisciplinary team of neurologists, neurosurgeons, neuroradiologists and nuclear medicine specialists on the medical staff, EEG technologists, and specially trained nurses and allied health professionals.

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Epilepsy is one of the most common disorders involving the brain

Epilepsy is a neurological disorder involving recurrent seizures. It is one of the most common disorders involving the brain, affecting people regardless of age, gender, or ethnicity. According to the Epilepsy Foundation, 2.7 million Americans are affected by this condition.​​

Epilepsy treatment options

Specialized care centers

Epilepsy is a neurological disorder involving recurrent seizures. It is one of the most common disorders involving the brain, affecting people regardless of age, gender, or ethnicity. According to the Epilepsy Foundation, 2.7 million Americans are affected by this condition.