A surgical robot can perform corrective epilepsy brain surgery in a much safer and less invasive way. by October 20, 2014 10:07 PM PDT facebook twitter linkedin googleplus more more + email tumblr stumble delicious reddit pinterest digg Laboratory for the Design and Control of Energetic Systems/Vanderbilt For a percentage of epilepsy patients, medication is less effective at controlling seizures, or it doesn't work at all. For these patients, there is another option: . This is usually a deeply invasive procedure, wherein the section of the patient's brain is either removed, stimulated or disconnected; afterward, recovery can take up to three months. A by researchers at Vanderbilt University...
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