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Universite de Montreal Hospital Centre
An innovative surgical technique gives hope to patients suffering from refractory epilepsy
June 28th, 2009
Clinicians from the Centre hospitalier de l'Universite de Montreal (CHUM) have perfected an operation, which was previously considered too dangerous, to control refractory insular epilepsy, using an innovative microsurgery technique. According to a study published as the feature article in the latest issue of the Journal of Neurosurgery , the new surgical technique is both safe and beneficial for patients. "Recent observations by our team and others confirm the previously unsuspected role played by the insula in cases of refractory epilepsy. The non-recognition of insular seizures has probably been responsible for some failures in epilepsy surgery in the past," note...
Source: Medical Devices & Surgical Technology Week (2009-06-28)
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