The new surgical neurological approach is less invasive than a craniotomy, which is currently the most common treatment for epilepsy, and attacks brain lesions by using a smaller brain pathway, the release said.
According to the release, patient complications are reduced, patient recovery time is shorter and incisions are minimal, as physicians only have to make a 3.2 mm hole in a patient’s skull rather than removing a larger area for craniotomies.
Read the Texas Children’s Hospital news release on laser technology and epilepsy.
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