Hemispherectomy for Sturge-Weber Syndrome

Aiden Waters is fortunate to be living in the 21st century when a surgical option exists for treating Sturge-Weber Syndrome. This rare congenital condition affects one in 50,000 Americans. In 4-year-old Aiden's case, a deep purple birthmark on his face and scalp was the first sign that he had this rare syndrome. The birth mark is associated with blood vessels within his brain that with seizures were slowly destroying cortex. Violent seizures threatened the destruction of the other hemisphere.

Learn more at www.uclahealth.org/body.cfm?id=948

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Science & Technology

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• Hemispherectomy
• Sturge-Weber
• syndrome
• seizure
• Dr.
• Gary
• Mathern
• Aiden
• Waters
• pediatric
• epilepsy
• UCLA
• Neurosurgery

[UCLAHealth]

To learn more about Aiden, take a look at the link above.

Thank you all for watching!

[DarkQuietWyattON]

How is he now that he has had the hemispherectomy?

[UCLAHealth]

@DarkQuietWyattON

If you copy and paste the link below the video, you will see more links that lead to Aiden's blog to find out how he is doing. Thanks for watching!

[DarkQuietWyattON]

@uclahealth-Thank you

[DarkQuietWyattON]

@Wit3KiD -You are a total asshole. I blame YOUR mother for how rude and ignorant you are.

[jhamien920]

I hope he gets well soon. Very soon.

[Amalioji2]

How is he doing?

[tator06]

Precious boy! Thank you for sharing his story!

[PauleQueenie]

Have the seizures completely stopped since the right lobectomy of Aden?

[Wit3KiD]

I blame the mother