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
Yet epilepsy surgery continues to be underutilized as a medical therapy. An estimated 2% of potential candidates undergo surgery annually.7Reasons for underutilization may include fears of mortality or permanent morbidity from surgical complications. A trend in epilepsy surgery has been to reduce the a...
For decades, the most commonly used treatments for epilepsy were pharmaceuticals or resection surgery, which involves removing a segment of brain tissue from where the patient’s seizures originate. These remedies can work well and continue to be the best treatment option in many cases, but they ...