Anterior temporal lobectomy is effective surgery for certain types of seizures in patients with temporal lobe epilepsy, according to a study conducted by researchers at Emory University. The study ...

Medial temporal lobectomy is effective in improving seizure outcomes among patients with drug-resistant temporal lobe epilepsy, according to a study published online March 6 in Cureus. In a ...

Temporal lobe resection, also called temporal lobectomy, is a surgery that can lower the number of seizures you have, make them less severe, or even stop them from happening. During the operation ...

En bloc anterior temporal lobectomy (ATL)—the classic surgical approach, in which both mesial and lateral temporal lobe structures are resected—involves removal of the anterior temporal pole ...

Also read: Epilepsy Awareness Month 2021: Know What To Do and What Not To Do During A Seizure As per Dr Gajjar, the process called temporal lobectomy involves removing a portion of the temporal ...

In a study published in Annals of Neurology in 1993, all 67 patients with MTLE were seizure free after an anterior temporal lobectomy (ATL). Based on seizure-free percentages at various SCORE ...

"Based on these results, which are comparable to standard surgery, we believe there is now a promising, noninvasive alternative to anterior temporal lobectomy on the horizon," Dr. Quigg told Medscape.

withdrawal after an anterior temporal lobectomy become seizure-free, and a minority of patients become drug-free following seizure recurrence, according to a study published in Neurology.

This procedure is called a temporal lobectomy. Other treatments include vagus nerve stimulation in which a device is implanted under the collarbone that stimulates the left vagus nerve ...