Technology fuels hope for patients with epilepsy.
Technological advances are making surgery a viable option for people with medically intractable epilepsy. More temporal lobectomies are being performed on young adults, fueled by recognition that many consequences of growing up with epilepsy can be avoided with early surgery.
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D000328:Adult; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000601:surgery*; D004569:Electroencephalography; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D011612:Psychosurgery; D013702:Temporal Lobe / Q000601:surgery*; D016896:Treatment Outcome