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Pioneering operation offers hope to Alyce
Keen horse rider, Alyce Jayne Stockdale, 21 of Burnley in Lancashire is the first person in the UK to be treated for epilepsy by undergoing deep brain stimulation, an operation which inserts electrodes into the brain.
She had the new treatment last month at Newcastle’s Royal Victoria Infirmary and tells her story in Mail Online.
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