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Would lser ablation remove tissue in generalized epilepsy or control it?

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Dr. Felix Brizuela answered

Specializes in Neurology

In theory: Epilepsy is more complicated than we once thought. Many people that have epilepsy surgery have the seizures return. this is because epileptics have epileptic brains. We remove a piece of the brain causing the seizures, but another epileptic area develops over time. This would be true with laser ablation as well

Answered 5/19/2015

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Dr. Eric Weisman answered

Specializes in Neurology

Laser ablation: is not used for generalized epilepsy. It is used for partial epilepsy (focal onset) usually the right anterior temporal lobe.

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