Epilepsy Surgery in Panamá

A news flash:  A team of neurologists and neurosurgeons headed by Rubén Kuzniecky, a Panamanian-American from New York University Langone Medical Center, went to Panamá to operate on six children who had intractable seizures.  The children ranged from two to 15 years in age.  For them, this was their last option. 

For 70% of people with epilepsy, seizures can be controlled with medications.  However, it is for that remaining 30% that seizure control is almost impossible to find.

This trip to Panamá was the fifth such event.  So far, the program has benefited 30 patients.