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Brain Surgery
Thu, 01/17/2013 - 15:07Has anyone had the MRI Laser Guided tempral lobe surgery?
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Re: Brain Surgery
Submitted by survivor1956 on Fri, 2013-01-18 - 11:09
I will be having the MRI laser guided surgery February 8th at Mayo Clinic Jacksonville, Florida. I have right temporal lobe epilepsy and after test I am a very good canidate for this surgery. They are doing a study for this kind of surgery and my epileptolost is very excited about the results he believes I will have. This could be great for people with epilepsy depending on what kind of seizures they have and where the focus of their seizures are.
I will be having the MRI laser guided surgery February 8th at Mayo Clinic Jacksonville, Florida. I have right temporal lobe epilepsy and after test I am a very good canidate for this surgery. They are doing a study for this kind of surgery and my epileptolost is very excited about the results he believes I will have. This could be great for people with epilepsy depending on what kind of seizures they have and where the focus of their seizures are.
Re: Brain Surgery
Submitted by dickey890 on Thu, 2013-01-17 - 20:45
Yes - i heard about this about 6-7 years ago but never had it done. From what I remember, it is a 3 point (3D) location surgery where a "cage" is put on your head and using the 3D scan, each laser is aimed at the target.
Your pre surgery needs a 3D scan. This is put into a computer for the locators and not manually located.
It is not supposed to destroy any veins or artieries. The target, while in operation, is viewed by a continuous x-ray put up on a monitor. It could take less than one hour with no cutting.
I didnt hear anything about staying awake, but if the lasers are anchored to your head, it wouldnt matter if you move around.
I heard of one person who had a tumor removed sucessfly. There was not much more I heard about EP.
Only one drawback. If it is found to be near a nerve to your eye, or other major nerves, surgeons are not likely to do this.
Yes - i heard about this about 6-7 years ago but never had it done. From what I remember, it is a 3 point (3D) location surgery where a "cage" is put on your head and using the 3D scan, each laser is aimed at the target.
Your pre surgery needs a 3D scan. This is put into a computer for the locators and not manually located.
It is not supposed to destroy any veins or artieries. The target, while in operation, is viewed by a continuous x-ray put up on a monitor. It could take less than one hour with no cutting.
I didnt hear anything about staying awake, but if the lasers are anchored to your head, it wouldnt matter if you move around.
I heard of one person who had a tumor removed sucessfly. There was not much more I heard about EP.
Only one drawback. If it is found to be near a nerve to your eye, or other major nerves, surgeons are not likely to do this.