Surgical treatment of temporal lobe epilepsy: comparative results of selective amygdalohippocampectomy versus anterior temporal lobectomy from a referral center in Brazil

Affiliations

Laryssa Crystinne Azevedo Almeida: ORCiD; Santa Casa de Misericórdia de Belo Horizonte, Departamento de Neurologia e Neurocirurgia, Belo Horizonte MG, Brazil.
Vanessa Alves Lobato: ORCiD; Santa Casa de Misericórdia de Belo Horizonte, Departamento de Neurologia e Neurocirurgia, Belo Horizonte MG, Brazil.
Maria do Carmo Vasconcelos Santos: ORCiD; Santa Casa de Misericórdia de Belo Horizonte, Departamento de Neurologia e Neurocirurgia, Belo Horizonte MG, Brazil.
Aline Curcio de Moraes: ORCiD; Santa Casa de Misericórdia de Belo Horizonte, Departamento de Neurologia e Neurocirurgia, Belo Horizonte MG, Brazil.
Bruno Silva Costa: ORCiD; Santa Casa de Misericórdia de Belo Horizonte, Departamento de Neurologia e Neurocirurgia, Belo Horizonte MG, Brazil.

Abstract

Background Temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) is a high prevalence neurological disorder. Surgery has emerged as a promising treatment.

ISSN: 0004-282X (Print); 1678-4227 (Online)
Publisher: Academia Brasileira de Neurologia (ABNEURO)
Country of publisher: Brazil
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Neurosciences. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry
Website: https://www.scielo.br/j/anp/