Mary Bates, PhD

Surgical management can achieve seizure freedom in pediatric patients with drug-resistant epilepsy, but special precautions must be taken.

Selective dorsal rhizotomy can provide life-changing results, but patients work hard in physical and occupational therapy to get there.

Surgery proves to be a viable option for patients with medically refractory epilepsy.

MRI-guided stereotactic laser ablation may become the option of choice for appropriate patients.

In a meticulously planned 16-hour operation, a 30-person team from four specialties successfully separated 11-month-old twins conjoined at the buttocks and lower spine.