Anterior Temporal Lobectomy
"Anterior Temporal Lobectomy" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A neurosurgical procedure that removes the anterior TEMPORAL LOBE including the medial temporal structures of CEREBRAL CORTEX; AMYGDALA; HIPPOCAMPUS; and the adjacent PARAHIPPOCAMPAL GYRUS. This procedure is generally used for the treatment of intractable temporal epilepsy (EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE).
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D038481
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E04.043 E04.525.044
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| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Anterior Temporal Lobectomy" by people in Profiles.
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Optimal treatment for African-Americans with intractable mesial temporal lobe epilepsy remains anterior temporal lobectomy. Clin Neurol Neurosurg. 2018 11; 174:247.