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Anterior temporal lobectomy

open access: yesActa Neurochirurgica, 2015
Anterior temporal lobectomy is the most established neurosurgical procedure for temporal lobe epilepsy. Here we describe this technique.A temporal craniotomy is performed flush with the middle fossa and exposing the Sylvian fissure. The posterior extent of resection is determined as 4.5 cm in the dominant temporal lobe and 5.5 cm in the nondominant one.
Schaller, Karl Lothard, Cabrilo, Ivan
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Temporal Lobectomy in Early Childhood

open access: yesEpilepsia, 1992
Summary: Children with medically resistant temporal lobe seizures that persist into adolescence often experience psychosocial deterioration and medical morbidity. It is therefore especially important to evaluate the contribution of surgical therapy in preadolescent children.
M, Duchowny   +6 more
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Neurocognitive Function in Children After Anterior Temporal Lobectomy With Amygdalohippocampectomy

open access: yesPediatric Neurology, 2015
BACKGROUND: We assessed the postoperative neurocognitive function after temporal lobectomy in children with temporal lobe epilepsy. METHODS: This was a retrospective analysis of the data of 20 patients with Engel's class I or II outcomes after anterior ...
Yun-Jin Lee   +2 more
exaly   +2 more sources

A category-specific naming impairment after temporal lobectomy

open access: yesNeuropsychologia, 1996
Unilateral temporal lobectomy patients and normal control subjects were tested in a speeded naming task with pictures of living and nonliving things that were equated for name frequency, familiarity, and visual complexity.
Lynette J Tippett   +2 more
exaly   +1 more source

Temporal Lobectomy

Archives of Neurology, 2002
Temporal lobectomy is the most common neurosurgical procedure performed for medically refractory epilepsy. Temporal lobe epilepsy has historically been one of the most difficult forms of epilepsy to treat, and it carries a significant psychosocial and medical burden.
Michael R, Sperling, Jennifer K, Schnur
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The Tailored Temporal Lobectomy

Neurosurgery Clinics of North America, 1993
The indications, rationale, operative technique, risks, and outcome from the tailored temporal lobectomy are reviewed. The tailored lobectomy allows intraoperative identification of both electrically active cortex and functionally essential cortex, thus permitting maximal resection of epileptic regions without damage to Rolandic cortex or essential ...
D L, Silbergeld, G A, Ojemann
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Pediatric Temporal Lobectomy for Epilepsy

Pediatric Neurosurgery, 2003
<i>Background:</i> Temporal lobectomy in adults is an accepted form of treatment for patients with intractable complex partial seizures. There have been few long-term studies of children undergoing temporal lobectomy for epilepsy. <i>Methods:</i> We reviewed the pediatric cases of temporal lobectomy for intractable epilepsy ...
D Barry, Sinclair   +8 more
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