the following are the surgical interventions that are performed to control epileptic disorders. these procedures can be done directly on the brain (resective surgery or corpus callosotomy) or by implanting a stimulator of the vagus nerve in the neck (vagal nerve stimulation). in resective surgery the part of the brain that causes the seizures is removed. in corpus callosotomy the major connection between the two sides of the brain is severed (cut). vagus nerve stimulation is a procedure in which a small wire is attached to the vagus nerve in the neck. this wire is used to electrically stimulate the vagus nerve.
what are the types of epilepsy surgery?