Memory Outcome after Selective Amygdalohippocampectomy: A Study in 140 Patients with Temporal Lobe Epilepsy

Summary:  Purpose: The technique of selective amygdalohippocampectomy (SAH) was originally developed in epilepsy surgery to spare unaffected brain tissue from surgery, thus minimizing the cognitive consequences of temporal lobe surgery. The results of previous studies, however, are equivocal in this regard. This study evaluated memory after SAH in a large sample of patients with mesial temporal lobe epilepsy.

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