The Surgery Unit at Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) incorporates six clinical areas, as well as theatres, recovery and Paediatric Intensive Care (PICU).
The aim of the epilepsy surgery is to remove the underlying cause of the seizures and therefore cure the epilepsy. In some cases, however, it may only be possible to reduce the frequency of seizures as the cause cannot totally be removed.
A tumour is an abnormal growth or lump caused by uncontrolled cell division. At present, there is no known cause for brain and spinal cord tumours. They are not infectious, nor are they inherited.
