Future treatments?

[Eitanb]

So I have something called a cortical dysplasia (sorry if i get some of the technical things wrong) on the left parietal lobe which is too small to be operated on and this is what causes my seizures.

I was just curious if anyone knew of any possible future treatments that may be possible in the years to come that could remove it.

This is just more of a curiosity thing so feel free to post anything related

 

[Nakamova]

Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation might might be a future treatment option: http://vectorblog.org/2011/09/magnetic-brain-stimulation-advances-to-clinical-trial-for-epilepsy/

 

[Eitanb]

Interesting treatment option, but it doesnt actually remove it right? Just hopefully prevents for a certain amount of time?

 

[Nakamova]

yes, it doesn't involve surgery. I think surgery is really only an option where the area to be removed is easy to isolate without damaging other areas of the brain. They are making advances in microsurgery all the time, so they might one day figure out how to remove a tiny lesion and rewire what's left.

 

[Eitanb]

if only brain surgery wasnt so risky.
when you say microsurgery do you mean such as using lasers?

 

[Nakamova]

yes, something along those lines...

 

['bama15]

Hey, I have read that Texas Children's Hospital is now trying deep laser surgery for epilepsy.