First robotic neurosurgery has been completed

Posted on 13 Apr 2017 by Fred Tongue

Renishaw, University Hospital of Wales and Cardiff University are celebrating following the first robotic  neurosurgery procedure for epilepsy in Wales.

The new procedure means that patients will spend less time in surgery and have a lower risk of infection. The first robotic assisted stereoelectroencephalography (SEEG) neurosurgery – a procedure which identifies the region of the brain that acts as a source of epileptic seizures – has been successfully completed. The landmark procedure coincided with…

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