Value of extent of hippocampal resection in the surgical treatment of temporal lobe epilepsy

Value of extent of hippocampal resection in the surgical treatment of temporal lobe epilepsy

OBJECTIVE: Unilateral hippocampal atrophy is indicator of good surgical prognosis in patients with temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE). Some patients however do not become seizure free after surgery. We assessed if the extent of hippocampal and amygdala resection is associated with outcome. METHODS: Thirty...

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Main Authors: Leonardo Bonilha, Eliane Kobayashi, João Paulo V. Mattos, Donizete C. Honorato, Li M. Li, Fernando Cendes
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Revinter Publicações 2004-03-01
Series:Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
Subjects:
temporal lobe epilepsy
epilepsy surgery
interictal EEG
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X2004000100003&tlng=en
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