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SEATTLE– Surgery may cure, or at least greatly help, children with Lennox-Gastaut syndrome who have an abnormality on their brain MRI, according to researchers from the Cleveland Clinic Epilepsy Center.
LGS is a severe form of epilepsy that medications often do not help. Children have multiple seizures per day, with concomitant developmental problems. Until now, surgery has been considered only a palliative option. That may be about to change.
Investigator Dr. Ahsan Valappil, a pediatric epileptologist at the Cleveland Clinic, explained why in an interview at the annual meeting of the American Epilepsy Society.
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SEATTLE– Surgery may cure, or at least greatly help, children with Lennox-Gastaut syndrome who have an abnormality on their brain MRI, according to researchers from the Cleveland Clinic Epilepsy Center.
LGS is a severe form of epilepsy that medications often do not help. Children have multiple seizures per day, with concomitant developmental problems. Until now, surgery has been considered only a palliative option. That may be about to change.
Investigator Dr. Ahsan Valappil, a pediatric epileptologist at the Cleveland Clinic, explained why in an interview at the annual meeting of the American Epilepsy Society.
The video associated with this article is no longer available on this site. Please view all of our videos on the MDedge YouTube channel
SEATTLE– Surgery may cure, or at least greatly help, children with Lennox-Gastaut syndrome who have an abnormality on their brain MRI, according to researchers from the Cleveland Clinic Epilepsy Center.
LGS is a severe form of epilepsy that medications often do not help. Children have multiple seizures per day, with concomitant developmental problems. Until now, surgery has been considered only a palliative option. That may be about to change.
Investigator Dr. Ahsan Valappil, a pediatric epileptologist at the Cleveland Clinic, explained why in an interview at the annual meeting of the American Epilepsy Society.
The video associated with this article is no longer available on this site. Please view all of our videos on the MDedge YouTube channel
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