Epilepsy Surgery

Surgical treatment of epilepsy has been known to provide excellent results in properly selected patients with medically refractory epilepsy.  Access to such treatment however remains limited.  Tremendous growth of the Calgary comprehensive Epilepsy program, a collaboration of adult and paediatric epilepsy centres, has been possible with addition of a new 4 bed monitoring unit at the FMC and 2 bed unit at the ACH, for the assessment of possible candidates for surgery.  In addition, the recruitment of 2 new epileptologists (including the Division head of neurology) and our most recent recruit (in 2006), who has expertise in epilepsy surgery, has considerably enhanced the program. The volume of cases has steadily increased, and averages approximately 75 cases yearly from the Calgary catchment area.