Epilepsy Surgery for Pharmacoresistant Temporal Lobe Epilepsy | Zendy

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Epilepsy Surgery for Pharmacoresistant Temporal Lobe Epilepsy

Author(s) -

Hyunmi Choi,

Randall L. Sell,

Leslie Lenert,

Peter Muennig,

Robert Goodman,

Frank Gilliam,

John B. Wong

Publication year - 2008

Publication title -

jama

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 4.688

H-Index - 680

eISSN - 1538-3598

pISSN - 0098-7484

DOI - 10.1001/jama.2008.771

Subject(s) - temporal lobe , medicine , epilepsy , life expectancy , anterior temporal lobectomy , epilepsy surgery , quality of life (healthcare) , population , surgery , psychiatry , nursing , environmental health

Patients with pharmacoresistant epilepsy have increased mortality compared with the general population, but patients with pharmacoresistant temporal lobe epilepsy who meet criteria for surgery and who become seizure-free after anterior temporal lobe resection have reduced excess mortality vs those with persistent seizures.

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