Elliot Langstaff - My Experience with Gamma Knife Surgery

Elliot Langstaff one of our CaverFamilies young members shares his positive experience with Gamma Knife Surgery.

As a result of his cavernoma bleeding, Elliot was left with severe stroke symptoms at a young age; he lost most of his hearing and sight, his speech was slurred and he lost most use of his arm and leg on one side.

Two years after diagnosis, Elliot and his family decided to go ahead with Gamma Knife surgery in Sheffield. Throughout this webinar he will share his experience of the procedure, and how it has led to him making a wonderful recovery allowing him to lead a much improved life.

A cavernoma is made up of abnormal blood vessels and can be found in the brain and/or spinal cord and looks like a raspberry.

1 person in 600, in the UK, has a brain cavernoma without symptoms (asymptomatic). This equates to roughly 90,000 people – enough to fill Wembley Stadium. A spinal cavernoma is rarer than a brain cavernoma.

For more information about Cavernoma Alliance UK, please visit https://cavernoma.org.uk/

This is a recording of one of our webinars given by our members, guests and medical experts throughout 2020.

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