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McGoldrick, Patricia E. – Exceptional Parent, 2010
Previous articles have discussed patients with intractable epilepsy who have benefited from epilepsy surgery to remove or disconnect the area of the brain that propagates their seizures. Another group of people who may benefit from epilepsy surgery is those who have generalized seizures--seizures where there is no clear onset in the brain. These…
Descriptors: Epilepsy, Surgery, Seizures, Brain Hemisphere Functions
McGoldrick, Patricia E. – Exceptional Parent, 2010
In the first installment of this series (Exceptional Parent Magazine, May 2010), the author discussed epilepsy surgery performed in persons whose areas of brain abnormality were initially deemed to be too extensive to safely perform a resection of the involved area. The process leading to surgical remediation for seizures is an involved one, but…
Descriptors: Epilepsy, Seizures, Quality of Life, Surgery