They are up and walking the same day. They usually go home in three to seven days. Patients usually aren't ready to go back to school or work for at least 4 weeks. Epilepsy is a field where you can take someone who is high functioning and make him or her better. Also the idea of the brain going haywire fascinates me.
Epilepsy surgery brings to bear all the skills of modern neurosurgery.
It fits well with my interest in brain mapping. Yes, they certainly. This is one of the most common symptoms that brain tumors can cause. When a brain tumor is discovered, we have to deal with the issue of the tumor first and foremost in addition to the epilepsy. When the tumor needs to be removed, we want to do it in such a way that we can maximize the chance of stopping the seizures as well.