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Eczema Wet Dressings

For severe cases of eczema, your child’s health care provider may recommend wet dressings to treat his or her skin. Wet dressings are safe. They help to relieve itching, heal the skin and help the creams or ointments to be more effective.

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Stereoelectroencephalography (SEEG)

Stereoelectroencephalography (SEEG) is a test used to find areas where seizures begin in the brain. During this test, electrodes are placed deep into the brain through small holes made into the skull. After placing the electrodes, the patient will have EEG monitoring with video recording to see their brain activity before, during, and after seizures.

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Corpus Callosotomy

Corpus callosotomy is a type of surgery that helps decrease the number and severity of seizures. It has been used to treat drop seizures, where a child may fall down during a seizure. More recently, doctors also use this surgery to treat other seizure types, such as generalized tonic or tonic-clonic seizures or epileptic spasms.

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Responsive Neurostimulation (RNS)

Responsive Neurostimulation (RNS) is a treatment for epilepsy that involves surgery where a small device, called a neurostimulator, is placed in a child’s skull. The device continuously monitors brain activity and detects patterns that could lead to a seizure. When it identifies this activity, the neurostimulator sends electrical pulses to the brain to interrupt the seizure before it starts. 

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Laser Ablation

Laser ablation, also known as laser interstitial thermal therapy (LITT), is a minimally invasive surgical procedure used to reduce seizures in children with epilepsy. It works by using a laser, guided by MRI, to precisely target and treat the small areas of the brain that are causing seizures.

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Deep Brain Stimulation

Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) is a medical treatment that can help reduce the severity and frequency of seizures in children with epilepsy. It involves placing small wires, called electrodes, into specific areas deep inside the brain. These electrodes are connected to a small device that controls the electrical signals sent to the parts of the brain where seizures spread.

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Hemispherotomy and Hemispherectomy

Hemispherotomy and hemispherectomy are surgeries that help treat severe epilepsy in children. These surgeries either disconnect or remove one side of the brain (called a hemisphere) to stop seizures that start on one side and spread to the other.