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Anteromesial Temporal Lobectomy for Medically Intractable Temporal Lobe Epilepsy: An Operative Study
Published on: August 15, 2025
[Current problems of pathogenesis and surgical treatment of symptomatic temporal epilepsy]
Abstract:
The author presents a review of literature focusing of state-of-art of surgical management of epilepsy. The second part of review discusses basic principles of selection of patients with localization-caused epilepsy for surgical treatment, preoperative examination, substantiation of resection procedures, results of treatment. Special attention is given to controversial aspects of tactics of surgical management: neurophysiological and neuroimaging signs of epileptogenic zones, determination of required resection volume, value of preoperative invasive examination and intraoperative electrocorticography. Surgical complications, especially concerning medial temporal procedures, are also described.
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