Epilepsy Diagnosis at Mayo Clinic

Dr. Gregory Cascino, a Mayo Clinic neurologist and epileptologist, describes Mayo Clinic’s approach to epilepsy diagnosis and evaluating adult and pediatric patients. Visit http://mayocl.in/2o1cpIu for more information on care at Mayo Clinic or to request an appointment. A standard evaluation that is performed in a patient with intractable seizure disorder is designed to determine the cause of the seizure activity, the classification of seizure type, and what treatments may be effective in reducing seizure tendency. The goals of treatment, whether medication or surgery, is for the patient to be seizure-free, experience no adverse effect, and to have no lifestyle limitations. Mayo Clinic’s dedicated adult and pediatric epilepsy monitoring units help evaluate patients, specializing in epilepsy diagnosis.