Patients' long-term perspectives on gains and losses after temporal lobe resection for epilepsy.

Objective: To investigate long-term (>10 years) experiences and overall satisfaction with temporal lobe resections (TLB) for epilepsy.

Methods: Eligible participants were identified through the administrative epilepsy surgery registry at Oslo University Hospital. Data were collected through individual, semi-structured interviews with fifty participants.

Temporal lobe epilepsy.

The temporal lobes are the part of the brain most likely to give rise to epileptic seizures. Seizures originating in the temporal lobes vary greatly in character; some may be so unusual that they are not even recognised as epileptic. For patients who have been diagnosed with hippocampal sclerosis and whose seizures cannot be controlled with drugs, epilepsy surgery may be a good treatment option.