Spectroscopy technique could improve surgery for pediatric epilepsy patients

More than 50 million people worldwide live with epilepsy, with approximately half of them being children. For about one-third of these patients, medications do not control their seizures, leaving surgery as the only viable option for seizure relief. Seizures in 60% of these drug-resistant cases start in one part of the brain, making surgical removal of the affected tissue the most effective treatment.

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