The boy accepts that excises the skill in the left hemisphere of functional brain

The boy accepts that excises the skill in the left hemisphere of functional brain
The boy accepts that excises the skill in the left hemisphere of functional brain
It is reported ' Reporter Hu DeRong) Shanghai Communications University medical college subsidiary Rui Jin hospital function nerve head of the department of surgery Professor Sun BoMin, a boy 7 years old implement the left hemisphere of functional brain and excise the skill on June 9. It is reported, the rare encephalitis shrunk happens in such left brain brain, only there are more than 300 case reports in the whole world. It caused the epilepsy that this boy suffered from rare encephalitis two years ago, has led to the fact the left brain function was severed over the past two years, the cognitive function obstacle appears, the movement function is lost, thus make the right hand, right foot lose consciousness, hemiplegia has appeared. Check through Professor Sun BoMin, find the brain of boy's left brain organizes the majority to be destroyed, wither, its size is only 1/3 of the right brain. If does not excise the left brain, the whole brain function will be lost. On June 9, in the operations of 9 hours, Sun BoMin does not excise half a brain of left of the boy simply, but keep half a the most crucial movement function and main part of the language function in the brain of left, there is only the width of the same as thumb in area of these functions. Sun BoMin says when being interviewed by reporter, there are literature reports, the child, especially the children under the age of 10, the brain has surprising another ability to organize, lose one side of something left back, the healthy right brain will adjust one's own function again through certain training, take over some functions that should be possessed by the left brain. But it may take a few years to train one. Sun BoMin also says, 80% of the epilepsy patients can control the condition by taking medicine, excising half a brain may jeopardize the life, can not use the surgery method to treat unless it is absolutely necessary.


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