Epilepsy surgeryis a neurosurgical procedure to prevent or reduce the occurrence of epilepticseizures. Epilepsysurgery involves removal or surgical alteration of the part of the brain from which epileptic seizuresoriginate. Epileptic seizures are caused by sudden abnormal bursts of electrical activity in s...
Since epilepsy surgery is an elective procedure, patients need to weigh the risks of the procedure against the likely outcome if they are to make an informed decision to proceed. The aim of this study was to examine the accuracy of multidisciplinary team predictions of postoperative outcome in ...
Impact of epilepsy surgery on Quality of life: How one asks, determines what one findsS., WiebeA., SeiamH., Dhaliwal
This damage most often occurs in brain aneurysms, stroke patients and those with infections of the brain, but can also manifest as a side effect of brain surgery, most commonly after a radical procedure that treats extreme cases of epilepsy. When the callosum is damaged, it leaves the ...
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The only catch is they too require painstaking surgery to position implants in the appropriate locations -- in the neck for vagus nerve stimulation and inside the brain for deep brain stimulation. What if there were a way to stimulate nerves and portions of the human brain without drilling ...
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A one-off ‘injection’ of stem cells could be an effective treatment for some patients with epilepsy. The treatment is thought to help by increasing production of a brain chemical called gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA), which calms down the electrical activity in the area of the brain that tr...
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