A woman, from Crosby, has been unable to work or drive for about 15 years due to severe seizures.

“Undergoing surgery was a pivotal moment in my life,” she says. “Surprisingly, I wasn’t scared; I saw it as my best chance to regain control of my life. “Having lived with epilepsy my entire life – ...

We also have information on children’s epilepsy surgery. You can also be referred for an assessment early. This could happen if you are at high risk of having drug-resistant epilepsy. This would ...

That’s known as drug-resistant or refractory epilepsy. If you’re in this subgroup, your healthcare provider may bring up surgery. Surgery is recommended when you have a brain lesion, tumor, or mass ...

Mikey Fallon’s epileptic seizures intensified at puberty. A high-stakes operation aided by a robot system was his only hope ...

Accurate navigation to these areas without the need for significant brain retraction has been solved by the application of stereotaxis. However, there remains the problem of how to ‘execute’ the ...

Using a single-cell sequencing technique, Brazilian researchers have created the first cell atlas of focal cortical dysplasia ...

Former Big Brother host Davina McCall told how she made a heartbreaking gesture to her three children before she underwent ...

MEG provides a more accurate way of locating the origin of seizures and is also used to locate brain areas responsible for speech, sensation, and vision. This makes surgery safer and more effective.

Jan. 22, 2025 — Doctors could soon reduce epilepsy misdiagnoses by up to 70% using a new tool that turns routine electroencephalogram, or EEG, tests that appear normal into highly accurate ...

Dan-Dan Zhang, from Qingdao Municipal Hospital at Qingdao University in China, and colleagues examined the relationship of epilepsy with brain function, other common brain disorders, and their ...

A 30-year-old man was treated for drug-resistant epilepsy through a procedure called temporal labectomy with amygdalo-hippocampectomy by doctors at Meenakshi Super Specialty Hospital.