Ending Drug-Resistant Seizures with Laser Surgery

For children who suffer from drug-resistant epilepsy, a laser treatment may be the key to reducing or eliminating the onset of seizures altogether. Young Jessie Hernandez had been suffering from tumor-induced seizures for which the only treatment was to remove the part of the brain causing the tumor. Now, after undergoing a visualase laser ablation surgery that uses lasers to destroy the tumor and seizure-causing tissue, Hernandez is seizure-free. Click here to read the full story.