Temporal lobectomy: an increasingly viable option for seizure patients

Over the past ten years, the treatment options available to people with epilepsy have changed drastically, resulting in new concepts, treatment methods and philosophies. Complex partial seizures (temporal lobe or psychomotor) account for one third of all chronic seizure disorders. Following temporal lobectomy, the majority of these patients no longer requires medication. The neuroscience nurse must understand the selection criteria, diagnostic tests and perioperative course in order to teach and support these individuals and their families.