| The program brings together a coordinated, multidisciplinary team that consists of neurologists, neurosurgeons, neuroradiologists, engineers, neuropsychologists, technicians, nurses and specialized assistants. After the opening of the program, around 100 patients per year from countries all over the Middle East and beyond (Algeria, Bahrain, Brazil, Cyprus, Egypt, India, Iraq, Iran, Jordan, Lebanon, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, UAE, United Kingdom and others) have been admitted to this center for diagnosis, treatment and/or for investigation for epilepsy surgery. During this same period, epilepsy surgeries on a monthly basis have been performed successfully. Some of the patients are being operated on, whenever needed, with the patient awake and with intraoperative cortical stimulation. |
Many others are being operated on after investigation, whenever necessary, with invasive intracranial recording and with extra-operative cortical stimulation. The majority of the patients, however, can and are being operated on without those invasive tests.
The program enjoys having accomplished many fruits in the country and in the Middle East region. These include the first inpatient 24 hours continuous video LTM unit, the first invasive monitoring, cortical stimulation hemispherectomy, deep brain stimulation for epilepsy, discovery of new therapy for epileptic aphasia, the first basic epilepsy research program, and several basic science contributions.
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