<unk>  is intended to treat patients who suffer from epilepsy and the resultant chronic seizures. The diminished life expectancy associated with epilepsy patients has been documented by population-based studies in Europe. In the United Kingdom and Sweden, the relative mortality rate of epileptic patients (patients whose epilepsy was not under control from medical or other surgical therapies, and who continued to suffer the disease) increased two- and threefold, respectively. In the vast majority of cases,<unk>  abolishes instance of seizures in the patient. Contraindications Although it varies from patient to patient, a progressive neurological or medical disease might be an absolute or relative contraindication to<unk> . Intellectual disability is not a contraindication to<unk> . In a study of children with a severe intellectual disability, total<unk>  was performed with highly favorable results and insignificant morbidity.
Corpus callosotomy
Thalamotomy
Commissurotomy
Bilateral cingulotomy
Somnoplasty
Ventriculotomy 
Amygdalotomy
Non-invasive cerebellar stimulation