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Brain Surgery for Epilepsy

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SOURCES: 2008 Medical Reference from Medstar. Deborah Holder, MD, Pediatric Neurologist, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pa.

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Warning: This video contains graphic images. 15-Year old Jessica Wilson has a lot to look forward to.

Jessica Wilson, Epilepsy Patient:

Driving is coming up in the next couple years.

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Just a year ago, driving wasn't a realistic goal for Jessica. She's had epilepsy since she was six. Her seizures were unpredictable.

Debbie Wilson, Mother:

The longest she went without a seizure was four months on one of the drugs… but then they would start back up again.

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After multiple medicines failed, the Wilson's decided to see if Jessica was a candidate for epilepsy-curing brain surgery.

Deborah Holder, MD, Pediatric Neurologist, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh:

Surgery in many cases is a chance to cure the epilepsy, the seizures go away, and you can come off medication and live the rest of your life with no seizures.

Narrator:

Patients are hospitalized for two or more weeks with electrodes attached to the brain.

Debbie Wilson, Mother:

Jessica… Jessica…Remember one to three, Jessica

Narrator:

Although hard to watch, this seizure helped doctors pinpoint the area of Jessica's brain that was triggering the problem.

Deborah Holder, MD, Pediatric Neurologist, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh:

Your seizures have to be coming from one area of the brain and they have to, it has to be an area that we can safely go in and take out.

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One year after brain surgery, Jessica's medicine- and seizure-free.

Debbie Wilson, Mother:

As a parent, like I felt that I was giving her every opportunity to lead a normal life by having this done.

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Doctor Holder would like to see more families explore the possibility of surgery.

Deborah Holder, MD, Pediatric Neurologist, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh:

We're doing surgery now on much younger patients. We've done, done kids as young as two years. Our goal would be to get rid of the epilepsy before the patient even knows they have seizures to try to cure the disease before it really affects their quality of life.

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A goal for any family touched by epilepsy. For WebMD, I'm Sandee LaMotte.

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