Contact Program Coordinator: Kristi Tindall RN, BSN (512) 324-0909 kltindall@seton.org
Comprehensive epilepsy care is not limited to medical or surgical management but may be a combination of the two. A successful arrangement of the strategies often allows for a more effective outcome. Dell Children’s Comprehensive Epilepsy Program is recognized by the National Association of Epilepsy Centers as a Level 4 epilepsy center. Level 4 epilepsy centers have the professional expertise and facilities to provide the highest level medical and surgical evaluation and treatment for patients with complex epilepsy.
Epilepsy Services
Testing
- Video EEG
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
- Neuropsychological Testing
- Evoked Potentials
- Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography (SPECT)
- Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI)
- Wada Test
- Positive Emission Tomography (PET) *off site*
- Magnetoencephalogram (MEG) *off site*
Medical
- Antiepileptic drug therapy (AED)
- Diets
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- Ketogenic (KGD)
- Modified Atkins
Definitive Surgery:
- Topectomy
- Lobectomy
- Multilobectomy
- Functional Hemispherectomy/Hemispherotomy
Palliative:
- Vagal Nerve Stimulator
- Corpus Callosotomy