A breakthrough in hi-tech medicine has saved a young dad from a debilitating brain disorder.
A young father with a serious brain disorder is on the mend after undergoing an Australian-first surgery with new state-of-the-art laser tech .Dale Brockman, 31, suffers from epilepsy, a brain disorder that causes seizures, with the young dad losing consciousness for 10 to 20 seconds once per month.
But the young man is now back at home and quickly on the mend after undergoing a new laser MRI surgery at Sydney’s Westmead Hospital, pioneered by neurosurgeon Mark Dexter.“The medication was doing as well as it could, it was stopping large seizures, but I’d still have a seizure at least once a month where I’d be unconscious for 10 to 20 seconds and not feeling great afterwards,” he said.“The only other option was having the temporal lobectomy and having an actual piece cut out of my brain.
“Traditional brain surgery for epilepsy patients involves invasive surgery with a long recovery time and increased risks,” he said.“This procedure is much less intrusive and the patient can be discharged in less than a day.”The procedure is much less invasive with no skin incision and just a needle puncture site that can be closed with one stitch.NSW Health Minister Ryan Park hailed the surgical innovation as an “incredible breakthrough”.
“I’m pleased to see another incredible breakthrough come out of the Westmead Health Precinct,” he said. “It is innovative treatments like this one being used in NSW, which are resulting in vastly improved health outcomes for people like Dale.”There are calls for more people to do one thing after the Bondi Junction tragedy exposed the harsh reality of a lifesaving service.The family of a six-month-old boy have learnt their son has a rare syndrome that means he has a 100 per cent chance of one devastating thing happening.
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