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Topic: Surgery and Devices

Swelling in surgical site

06/2006 | 4 Comments

My daughter had the "epilepsy surgery" in October of 2004. It has had wonderful effects for her. She still has absence & simple partials but NO grand...
vision problems after surgery

05/2006 | 3 Comments

i am wondering if anyone has had persistant double vision following surgery. i had right temperal surgery alomost three week ago now. At first my...
Date for Vagus Nerve Surgery

05/2006 | 6 Comments

Hi, this is my first time on this list and posting. My daughter Claudia has had epilepsy now for 3 years. She is an active, beautiful and very social...
no more surgery

05/2006 | 1 Comments

My name is Greg. In 1990 i underwent surgery in which a part of the cerebral cortex (outer layer of the brain) was removed from both my left frontal &...
Surgery

05/2006 | 4 Comments

I just started these chat rooms for epilepsy and I have had epilepsy for most of my life. I have gone through tegretol, keppra, and lamictal. I am...
Left Temporal Surgery

04/2006 | 9 Comments

My Wife underwent Left Temporal Lobectomy Surgery Last Year in Jan 2005. After being home for 3 days after a week after the surgery everything was...
NovaVision VRT

04/2006 | 0 Comments

My son has damage to his peripheral vision(left upper fields of both eyes due to a Right occipital tumor.It might have become a little worse after the...
Rt and Lt temporal lobe surgery

04/2006 | 2 Comments

I have intractable seizures, where the seizures have been tested and are coming from both sides of my brain. I am a candidate for surgery, but taking...
Left Temporal Lobectomy Surgery

03/2006 | 22 Comments

Hello As some of you already know I had my Wada Test done last week and I have been told now that I am a candidate for surgery. I just seem to have so...
Brain surgery for one with cerebral palsy

03/2006 | 3 Comments

Hello... I am a father of a 28 yr-old son who was born with cerebral palsy (CP) and became epileptic at 10 yrs-old. We reside in Texas, and hope to...
"Brain Surgery Gone Bad"

03/2006 | 5 Comments

I was scheduled for a bain surgery in decemeber of 2001 well for some odd reason i was somewhat excited because i thought i was finally going to be...
epilepsy surgery of right temporal lobe

03/2006 | 0 Comments

My son had a right temporal lobe resection which also included the right hippocampus and removal of a neoplasm from his right occipital lobe last week...
Brain Surgery & How succesfull?

03/2006 | 4 Comments

Hi everyone, I have temporal Lobe Epilepsy. I have clinical Partial seizures. I am being considered for Surgery. I have gone through a lot of the...
Brain Surgery

03/2006 | 9 Comments

I'm curious to know how many people have had surgery done to help/cure their epilepsy? I'm also curious to hear from those who have been told they are...

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