The decision to disconnect half of 9-year-old Griffin McConnell’s brain in an effort to halt severe epileptic seizures was a complex process involving many tests and intense discussion among the staff ...

Mora Leeb, now 16, was 9 months old when she underwent a hemispherectomy. Her doctors explain why such a drastic operation was her best chance for a full life Elinor Carucci Mora Leeb with her parents ...

A GIRL has undergone a radical operation to disconnect half her brain and stop debilitating seizures. Brianna Bodley, six, went under the knife in California on September 28 to treat her devastating ...

WASHINGTON, Oct 9, (Agencies): A 6-year-old girl battling a rare neurological disease recently underwent a groundbreaking surgical procedure in Los Angeles that involved disconnecting half of her ...

Researchers from the Johns Hopkins Children's Center report that hemispherectomy – a procedure in which half the brain is removed -– may reduce or eliminate severe seizures even in older children ...

There is reassuring news for families and medical staff who care for children who spike fevers following hemispherectomy, a surgery in which half the brain is removed to relieve frequent severe ...

AFTER a court ordered a little boy to undergo lifesaving surgery to disconnect one side of his brain from the other against his family’s wishes, a mum whose child had the same procedure has shared her ...

A new study by Johns Hopkins Children's Center scientists confirms the lasting benefits of hemispherectomy, a dramatic operation in which half the brain is removed to relieve frequent severe seizures ...