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Robot-assisted deep brain stimulation surgery could treat epilepsy

A neurosurgeon in Canada has become the first in the nation to perform robot-assisted deep brain stimulation surgery on a patient suffering from epilepsy with success.

“They’ve all been successful, all patients have been able to go home a day or two after the procedure,” told the news outlet Dr. Jonathan Lau, who practices neurosurgery at London Health Sciences Centre’s University Hospital.

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Interesting Engineering Robot-assisted deep brain stimulation surgery could treat epilepsy Three of these procedures have thus far been undertaken in Canada.
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