title: [Surgical treatment of temporal lobe epilepsy: reality and prospectives].
abstract: This chapter provides a synthetic overview of the topics treated in this issue. Presurgical diagnostic procedures are schematically described and an analysis of surgical results is made in comparison with those obtained from other epilepsy surgery groups. Surgical complications linked both to invasive presurgical diagnostic procedures and therapeutic surgical acts are described. Finally, the creation of new epilepsy surgery centres is suggested on the basis of epidemiological data, which demonstrate the discrepancy among the patients operated on at present and those who could benefit from the surgical treatment.
authors.affiliation: Centro Regionale per la Chirurgia dell'Epilessia, Ospedale Niguarda Ca' Granda, Milano.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Munari
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Francione
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Lo Russo
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Tassi
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Mai
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Berta
mesh_terms: D003657:Decision Making; D004833:Epilepsy, Temporal Lobe / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011300:Preoperative Care; D011379:Prognosis; D011446:Prospective Studies; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012720:Severity of Illness Index