Burr hole microsurgical subtemporal selective amygdalohippocampectomy.

Introduction: At present, selective amygdalohippocampectomy (SAH) has become popular in the treatment of drug-resistant mesial temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE). However, there is still an ongoing discussion about the advantages and disadvantages of this approach.

Methods: The study included a consecutive series of 43 adult patients with drug-resistant TLE, involving 24 women and 19 men (1.

Multiple hippocampal transections for mesial temporal lobe epilepsy.

Background: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of multiple hippocampal transections (MHT) in the treatment of drug-resistant mesial temporal lobe epilepsy.

Methods: Six patients underwent MHT at Burdenko Neurosurgery Center in 2018. The age of the patients varied from 18 to 43 years.