Cortical resections outside the temporal lobe for intractable epilepsy--excluding multilobar resections and hemispherectomy.
The principles underlying such surgery are reviewed, together with details of the necessary investigation, and a review of long term results from the literature. Cortical Resection for epilepsy remains a useful treatment for drug resistant epilepsy when a cortical focus can be identified by neurophysiological or radiological means. Such a resection has a reasonable chance of relieving or ameliorating the epilepsy with only a small chance of producing or worsening any neurological deficit.
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Neurosurgical Unit, Maudsley Hospital, London, U.K.
D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000601:surgery*; D004828:Epilepsies, Partial / Q000601:surgery*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005625:Frontal Lobe / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D010296:Parietal Lobe / Q000601:surgery; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology; D011612:Psychosurgery / Q000379:methods*