Back قطع الجسم الثفني Arabic Kallosotomie German Callosotomie French קורפוס קלוסטומיה HE Callosotomia Italian 脳梁離断術 Japanese Kalozotomia Polish Каллозотомия Russian Corpus callosotomi Swedish
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A corpus callosotomy (/kəˈlɔːs(ə)təmiː/) is a palliative surgical procedure for the treatment of medically refractory epilepsy.[1] In this procedure, the corpus callosum is cut through, in an effort to limit the spread of epileptic activity between the two halves of the brain.[1]
After the operation, the brain has much more difficulty sending messages between the hemispheres. Although the corpus callosum is the largest white matter tract connecting the hemispheres, some limited interhemispheric communication is still possible via the anterior commissure and posterior commissure.