Wednesday, 15 February 2017

EPILEPSY TREATMENT IN INDIA

                           Epilepsy Treatment In India



Epilepsy surgery in India is a very good option for abroad patients seeking low cost and safe surgical treatment for the correction of their disorders. For neurosurgery, patients must find surgeons who are appropriately trained. Another factor to consider is cost and reimbursement. Typical cost for epilepsy surgery can vary, and many insurance companies will only provide partial coverage, or even no coverage, since they still consider the surgery experimental.

And finally, patients need to be aware that like any new medical technology, this surgery carries with it a certain level of unknown technical risks. Since epilepsy surgery it is still a relatively new procedure in India with a certain level of risks. The cost of Epilepsy surgery in India is very less compared to that of its cost in other developed countries. Most advanced surgery hospitals for Epilepsy surgery in India are in most prominent cities of India.

                                      Types of Epilepsy


1. Partial Epilepsy


- Complex partial seizure

- Simple partial seizure

2. Generalized Epilepsy


- Absences

- Generalized tonic clonic seizures

- Myoclonic epilepsy

3. Partial is becoming generalized


                                    Epilepsy Treatment  in India



Till the time a person develops a second seizure, treatment for epilepsy will not begin. This is due to the reason that a person may have one seizure and never develops a second seizure. Medicines are successful in treating epilepsy. These medicines do not cure epilepsy, they prevent recurring of the seizures. These medicines changes the chemical or electrical transmissions in the brain in a particle way that decreases the chance of a seizure.

Vagus Nerve Stimulation (VNS) : VNS therapy is recommended when medicines are unable to control epilepsy. During the surgical procedure, an electrical device is implanted underneath the skin. The lead of this device is wrapped around one of the nerves on the neck’s left side. This nerve is called as vagus nerve. This device continuously passes an electric dose to the nerve in order to stimulate it. This process reduces the severity and frequency of the seizures. If a person is feeling a warning seizure symptom then extra stimulation is given for preventing recurrence of the seizure.

            Most Advanced Surgical Procedures for Epilepsy 

There have been major breakthroughs in epilepsy treatment in the last few years. Depending on the particular clinical situation, one of the following surgical procedures is chosen by the Medical team at our associated worldclass Hospitals.

Anteromedial Temporal LobectomySelective

AmygdalohippocampectomyFunctional 

Hemispherotomy

Electrocorticography guided 

ResectionsQuadrantic and Multilobar Resections


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