Slicing A Brain In Half To Treat Epilepsy - Georgia Ramantani

Hear about hemispherotomies (type of epilepsy surgery) and how they benefit a child's life - from epileptologist Georgia Ramantani, Switzerland! This is part 1 of 2. ----------------------------------------- More about Georgia : 👇🏻 https://www.torierobinson.com/epileps... ----------------------------------------- Chapters 📖 00:00 Intro 01:00 Whole family included in child's healthcare 01:55 Hemispherotomy vs Hemispherectomy 03:22 Candidates, results and benefits 05:16 Success measurement 06:45 Who is a candidate? 07:18 Risks of surgery (mortality and morbidity) 10:00 Success measurement of patients after surgery 11:37 Common brain issues prior to surgery 13:15 Life with Half a Brain can be great ------------------------------------------ Don’t understand all the terms used? Check out the Epilepsy Sparks Glossary! 👇🏻 https://www.epilepsysparks.com/glossary ------------------------------------------ 👉🏻 T-shirts, mugs, notebooks: https://epilepsy-sparks.creator-sprin... ------------------------------------------ 📲 Join me on social media! Twitter:   / torierobinson10   LinkedIn:   / torierobinson   Instagram:   / torierobinson10   Facebook:   / torierobinsonspeaker   Website: https://www.torierobinson.com