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Restoring Hope: How a Breakthrough Treatment Helped a Teenager Defeat Epilepsy
Sophia suffered from epilepsy that for years, but after receiving a groundbreaking procedure from the pediatric neurology team at St ...
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Medical Animation: Epilepsy
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Vagus Nerve Stimulation
Pediatric Vagus Nerve Stimulation (VNS) is a procedure to help reduce the amount of seizures a child experiences. Learn more about the procedure and what to expect from the Pediatric Epilepsy Center at St. Louis Children's Hospital. To schedule an appointment, call 314-454-5437.
Temporal Lobectomy
The Pediatric Epilepsy Center at St. Louis Children's Hospital performs temporal lobectomy surgeries on epileptic children to treat mesial temporal seizures, which occur in the deepest part of the temporal lobe. To learn more, contact us at 314-454-KIDS (5437).
Subdural Electrode Recording
The subdural electrode recording for pediatric epilepsy is a technique that allows children’s epilepsy doctors to map and localize the source of seizures in the child’s brain. To learn more about subdural electrode recordings, contact the Pediatric Epilepsy Center at St. Louis Children's Hospital at 314-454-KIDS (5437).
ROSA™ Stereo EEG
St. Louis Children's Hospital offers ROSA Stereo EEG, a non-invasive neurosurgical procedure to help treat epilepsy in children. Learn about ROSA Stereo EEG including the benefits for patients and what to expect. To schedule an appointment, contact St. Louis Children's Hospital.
Lesionectomy
The Pediatric Epilepsy Center at St. Louis Children's Hospital specializes in lesionectomies, procedure that can reduce epileptic seizure activity. For more information, call 314-454-KIDS (5437).
Laser Ablation Surgery
Washington University neurosurgeons at St. Louis Children’s Hospital are among the first in the nation to use an MRI-guided, high-intensity laser probe to permanently destroy (ablate) brain tissue responsible for causing seizures.
