Ten weeks after the operation, the teenager has not had another episode, according to his mother.
A Scottish teenager with epilepsy is now seizure free thanks to life-changing laser brain surgery New York Post reported. In particular, 17-year-old Angus Bain suffered from epileptic seizures at least once a weekthe past 13 years. However, the teenager recently underwent groundbreaking surgery to remove the brain tissue that causes seizures. Ten weeks after the operation, the teenager has not had another episode, according to his mother.
“I have never had an attack for so long, it is a great relief. I am so happy. Christmas is a big event and now this year it will be even bigger. It is great to be able to have this operation. I think it could change my life forever by allowing me to do the things I haven't been able to do yet,” Bain said. BBC Scotland News.
The operation was carried out at Edinburgh Children's Hospital in October. The innovative laser technology, known as MRI-guided Laser Interstitial Thermal Therapy (LITT), is minimally invasive and the operation takes just under two hours with a relatively short recovery time.
During the procedure, a piece of his brain that caused the seizures was removed with a laser.
''Laser surgery is a fantastic development for specific patients and will give some with epilepsy a real chance of a normal life. The surgery has been life-changing not only for Angus, but for the entire family,” said Dr. Jothy Kandasamy, consultant neurosurgeon at the Royal Hospital for Children and Young People.
The teenager from Gateside, Fife, was diagnosed with epilepsy at the age of four. Since then he has undergone many heavy medications, tests and scans.
His mother Nicki Bain, 48, said: “Our lives have been consumed by Angus' epilepsy since he was four. He has been on a lot of very heavy medications, had wires in his head, brain stimulation and so many tests and scans. The lead up to the attack would take a few days, and after the attack it would take a few more days for him to recover, so I don't think he ever had a normal day.
The teen said he hopes to one day get his driver's license, play rugby or go skiing, things that were too risky for him before the surgery.
