anterior temporal lobectomy

Anterior temporal lobectomy is the most common brain surgery for epilepsy in adults.

For a person who has seizures that do not get better with antiepileptic medicines, anterior temporal lobectomy may be a good option.

A type of brain surgery called anterior temporal lobectomy is another treatment option for people with this type of epilepsy.

Anterior temporal lobectomy is the removal of part of one of the brain's temporal lobes.

Secondary neuronal loss occurs as a result in areas that are strongly connected with the severed tracts or restricted cortex during an anterior temporal lobectomy.

Anterior temporal lobectomy is the complete removal of the anterior portion of the temporal lobe of the brain.

Anterior temporal lobectomy is used to treat people with temporal lobe epilepsy, the most common type of epilepsy in adults, when antiepileptic medicines fail to control seizures.

This may refer to a lobe of the lung, a lobe of the thyroid (hemithyroidectomy), or a lobe of the brain (as in anterior temporal lobectomy).

Noninvasive surgery using the gamma knife or other devices used in radiosurgery is currently being investigated as an alternative to traditional open surgery in patients who would otherwise qualify for anterior temporal lobectomy.

The techniques for removing temporal lobe tissue vary from resection of large amounts of tissue, including lateral temporal cortex along with medial structures, to more restricted anterior temporal lobectomy (ATL) to more restricted removal of only the medial structures (selective amygdalohippocampectomy, SAH).