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Pediatric Hemispherectomy Surgical Treatment For Epilepsy (Full Show)
1:04:20  - 3 years ago
In a live webcast on Wednesday, October 4 at 3:00 p.m. (CDT), surgeons at the Neuroscience Institute at Le Bonheur Children's Medical Center will perform a pediatric hemispherectomy. A hemispherectomy is a combination of surgical removal and disconnection of one half of the brain. The surgery is performed in children who have a damaged cerebral hemisphere causing epilepsy.