title: [Surgical therapy of temporal lobe epilepsy. Clinical report of 30 cases].
abstract: Resection of epileptic foci for the treatment of temporal lobe epilepsy was performed in 30 patients (19 right, 11 left). Spike epileptiform wave over the temporal region was found in all patients. All the resected specimen were studied by light and electron microscopy. The operative results showed that no epileptic attack recurred after discharge in 10 patients; seizures were controlled by drugs after 1-2 attacks in 12 patients; rare or occasional attacks in 6 patients; and no effect after operation in 2 patients. The effective rate was 93%, and no death and severe complications occurred.
authors.affiliation: Navy General Hospital of People's Liberation Army.
authors.forename: Z H
authors.initials: ZH
authors.lastname: Liu
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D004833:Epilepsy, Temporal Lobe / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male