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Brain Surgery for Epileptic Woman a Success, Sean Paul Okay Again
About eighteen months ago, Stacey Gayle, first became aware of her condition when she realized that the music by reggae and hip hop artist Sean Paul triggered some of her seizures. Last February, Gayle visited the Long Island Jewish Medical Center to speak with doctors about her problem. She brought along with her an iPod stocked with the hit son Temperature by Sean Paul. Soon after she began to play it for the doctor, she had three seizures.
Gayle was later operated on twice. 100 electrodes were implanted in the right side of Gayle’s brain in the first surgery. The second surgery was to remove the electrodes as well as the trouble making parts of her brain that caused the seizurs.
“We used the latest techniques, including image guidance, to pinpoint the areas of abnormality, and the operating microscope to perform the procedure during a four-hour operation,” said Dr. Ashesh Mehta after Gayle’s operation.
Gayle was released three days after her final operation and has not experienced a seizure since.
