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August 07, 2012 12:10 PM
Israeli Hospital Announces Groundbreaking Epilepsy Treatment
JERUSALEM, Aug 7 (Bernama) -- A medical team at Tel Aviv's Sourasky Medical Centre recently performed an unprecedented cranial procedure to battle hard-to-medicate epileptic fits, local media said Monday.
"It is a new treatment for patients who suffer from severe epilepsy that does not respond to medications," Prof. Itzhak Fried, who performed the operation, said while announcing the procedure on Sunday.
The Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) technique stimulates neurons in the brain in order to halt epilepsy attacks from occurring in the first place, Xinhua news agency reported.
The electrodes are inserted through a small opening in the skull and implanted on two sides of the brain. Electrical activity from the cells in a specific nucleus is then measured.
About 1 percent of the population in Israel suffers from epilepsy and nearly a third of the patients' seizures do not respond well to medications.
So far, results have shown the operation is a success. The DBS technique was developed by the Swiss-based Medtronic Company.
-- BERAMA
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Israeli Hospital Announces Groundbreaking Epilepsy Treatment