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Had laser ablation surgery over Thanksgiving
Sun, 01/03/2016 - 23:33Topic: Surgery and Devices
I don't know if this is going to help anyone but I had EMU Phase 2 then a laser ablation on my right temporal lobe during the week of Thanksgiving. So far it has been successful but it's only been a month now. I walked out of the hospital on my own feet 2 days after the ablation. Have had VERY MINOR headaches twice since then but I don't get headaches often anyway. Based on how I am so far I would recommend it if your neurosurgeon offers it.
Feel free to ask questions.
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Is there any really good
Submitted by GF70 on Sat, 2017-04-22 - 00:12
Is there any really good information about laser ablation out there? I found the following and it explains it well but it also explains it in terminology that I don't want to share with my mother (i.e. using the word "burning")http://neuro.memorialhermann.org/conditions-treatments/laser-ablation-for-epilepsy/She had some questions like:How long had neurosurgeons been doing this? Is this still something new (i.e. experimental)?How successful are they at this (i.e. how often is there unintentional brain damage?)?What are the trade-offs?Who does this well? (Anyone had any experience with Virginia Commonwealth University?)Thank you!
I was having 2 a day before
Submitted by nealdd on Thu, 2016-01-07 - 17:48
I was having 2 a day before the surgery. None now for 3 weeks.It would be nice to have some discussion, about -----?