Cutting-edge laser brain surgery stifles seizures for epilepsy patientsThe technique, called laser ablation, is a revolutionary laser brain surgery and was performed recently at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New BrunswickNJ.com
Refractory epilepsy when criteria per CPB 0394 - Epilepsy Surgery are met; or Persons with recurrent brain metastases, recurrent glioblastoma, or radiation necrosis who are poor surgical candidates for craniotomy and resection, where open surgery presents prohibitive surgical risk or tumor is located at...
Innovations in surgical approaches to epilepsy not only minimize potential complications but also expand the definition of a surgical candidate. In this chapter, three alternatives to classical resection are presented. First, laser ablation provides a minimally invasive approach to focal lesions. Next, ...