title: Selective amygdalohippocampectomy via trans-superior temporal gyrus keyhole approach.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Hippocampal sclerosis is the most common cause of drug-resistant epilepsy amenable for surgical treatment and seizure control. The rationale of the selective amygdalohippocampectomy is to spare cerebral tissue not included in the seizure generator.
  
  
  METHODS
  Describe the selective amygdalohippocampectomy through the trans-superior temporal gyrus keyhole approach.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Selective amygdalohippocampectomy for temporal lobe epilepsy is performed when the data (semiology, neuroimaging, electroencephalography) point to the mesial temporal structures. The trans-superior temporal gyrus keyhole approach is a minimally invasive and safe technique that allows disconnection of the temporal stem and resection of temporomesial structures.
authors: Department of Neurosurgery, Groupe Hospitalier Universitaire de La Pitié-Salpêtrière, 47-83, Boulevard de l'Hôpital, 75013, Paris, France. bertrand.mathon@neurochirurgie.fr.|Sorbonne University, UPMC, Univ Paris 06, Paris, France. bertrand.mathon@neurochirurgie.fr.
authors: Bertrand
authors: B
authors: Mathon
authors: Department of Neurosurgery, Groupe Hospitalier Universitaire de La Pitié-Salpêtrière, 47-83, Boulevard de l'Hôpital, 75013, Paris, France.
authors: Stéphane
authors: S
authors: Clemenceau
mesh_terms: D000679:Amygdala / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D004569:Electroencephalography; D004833:Epilepsy, Temporal Lobe / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006624:Hippocampus / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D019635:Neurosurgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D012598:Sclerosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D013702:Temporal Lobe / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D016896:Treatment Outcome
keywords: Epilepsy surgery; Hippocampal sclerosis; Mesial temporal lobe epilepsy; Selective amygdalohippocampectomy; Transcortical approach