Billy Whitaker, 15, from Trequite, Cornwall, had suffered daily seizures for seven years and conventional surgery to remove part of his brain had failed.
So neurosurgeons used a pioneering £350,000 robot (inset) to drill electrodes deep into his brain. They pinpointed the epicentre of his debilitating attacks with absolute accuracy for the first time.
That enabled surgeons at Bristol Royal Hospital for Children to access and remove the tiny piece of seizure-causing tissue. Since the ground-breaking operation two weeks ago Billy has not had a fit and medics are confident he has been cured for good.
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