[Indications of the surgical treatment of epilepsy].
BACKGROUND
The surgery of epilepsy is expanding considerably all over the world. It is becoming a standard treatment in patients who are resistant to conventional medical treatment.


METHODS
In this article we explain the methodology used by the authors and suggest concepts regarding the epileptogenous area. We also explain the procedures used in neuroimaging and neurophysiology studies.


CONCLUSIONS
Good methodology, such as that used by the authors, results in up to 65% of the patients in whom amygdalo-hippocampectomy is done becoming completely seizure-free. Amygdalo-campectomy is the most specific indication in mesolimbic temporal epilepsy, which is also the main indication for the surgery of epilepsy.
Unidad de Epilepsia, Hospital Universitario de Zurich, Suiza.
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D000679:Amygdala / Q000601:surgery*; D001921:Brain / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D004569:Electroencephalography; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D006624:Hippocampus / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D011300:Preoperative Care; D014055:Tomography, Emission-Computed; D015899:Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon