Items Tagged ‘seizures’
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Dr. Ghatan Speaks about Epilepsy Surgery on Fox News
Dr. Saadi Ghatan from the Pediatric Neurosurgery Center spoke about epilepsy surgery live on Fox News last night. The story, Surgery Stops Seizures was aired on their Ask Dr. Manny Show and featured a young girl, Jennifer Flores, who had up to 100 seizures a day until this amazing surgery.
Posted on Jul 1, 2010 by Department Author In News, Pediatric Neurosurgery News, Pediatrics -
The Potential of Monitoring the Brain from the Inside Out in Critically Injured
If you have ever seen someone in an intensive care unit (ICU), you have seen a lot of wires and monitors. When the patient has a brain injury there are even more. Electrodes are placed all over their head to monitor brain waves. This is called Scalp Electroencephalography (EEG) and doctors...
Posted on Feb 12, 2010 by Department Author In Blog, Cerebrovascular, Cerebrovascular Blog, Uncategorized -
Radiosurgery Trials Looking Good for Epileptics
Dr. Robert Goodman from our Epilepsy Center was part of a multi-center trial on the use of Gamma Knife Radiosurgery as an alternative to open brain surgery to help Epileptics get rid of their seizures. Results from this trial have been published this year in the February issue of Annals of Neurol...
Posted on Dec 22, 2009 by Department Author In Blog, Brain Tumor Blog, Epilepsy Blog, Gamma Knife Blog, Stereotactic Radiosurgery, Uncategorized