Does Resection of the Medial Temporal Lobe Improve the Outcome of Temporal Lobe Epilepsy Surgery?

Summary:  Purpose: Surgical removal of the hippocampus is the standard of care of patients with drug‐resistant medial temporal lobe epilepsy (MTLE). The procedure carries a success rate of ∼75%, but the reasons that some patients fail to achieve seizure control after surgery remain inexplicable. The question of whether the resection of medial temporal lobe structures in addition to the hippocampus would influence the surgical outcome in patients with MTLE was examined.

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