Pathologies Epilepsy

Epilepsy is a chronic neurological disease characterized by the recurrence of epileptic seizures. These seizures are characterized by abnormal and excessive activity in one or more neuronal populations in the cerebral cortex, producing electrical discharges that can radiate to normal neuronal groups.
Although most patients control their seizures with drugs, between 25% and 30% of the epileptic population continues to suffer from them.
A patient refractory to drug treatment is considered to be someone who has not achieved seizure control after two years of using two first-line drugs as monotherapy at maximum tolerated doses, with or without the use of combination therapy. For these patients, where medication fails to achieve the expected effect, surgery plays a fundamental role in addressing the pathology.

In some epileptic syndromes, it is not a last-resort therapeutic option but is considered an early treatment option. The persistence of epileptic seizures leads to a decrease in normal neuronal activity and increases the tendency to recruit new hyperactive neurons. This situation is associated with brain damage due to ongoing neuronal degeneration. Epilepsy surgery can be curative or palliative. Its objective is to reduce or eliminate the brain's tendency to experience recurrent epileptic seizures, prevent deterioration of brain function, and eliminate the possibility of secondary epileptogenesis.

We work as a multidisciplinary team with top-level neurologists specializing in epilepsy, and in health centers with the most modern technological resources for diagnosis and treatment.