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Chapter 7 The role of febrile seizures in directing surgical therapies for temporal lobe epilepsy
McGrath H, Lamsam L, Spencer D. Chapter 7 The role of febrile seizures in directing surgical therapies for temporal lobe epilepsy. 2023, 121-139. DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-323-89932-1.00010-x.ChaptersTemporal lobe epilepsyFebrile seizuresEpilepsy surgeryLobe epilepsyTreatment modalitiesMesial temporal sclerosisSurgical treatment optionsComprehensive preoperative evaluationSurgical treatment modalitiesTemporal sclerosisSurgical therapyPreoperative evaluationPreoperative findingsAppropriate therapyIntractable epilepsySurgical dataTreatment optionsClinical historyDisease processBetter outcomesSurgeryEpilepsySeizuresPatientsTherapy
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Management of patients with medically intractable epilepsy and anterior temporal lobe encephaloceles.
Sandhu MRS, Mandel M, McGrath H, Lamsam L, Farooque P, Bronen RA, Spencer DD, Damisah EC. Management of patients with medically intractable epilepsy and anterior temporal lobe encephaloceles. Journal Of Neurosurgery 2021, 136: 709-716. PMID: 34507290, DOI: 10.3171/2021.3.jns21133.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTemporal lobe encephaloceleIdiopathic intracranial hypertensionRefractory epilepsyEEG findingsSigns of IIHIntractable temporal lobe epilepsyResective epilepsy surgeryManagement of patientsTemporal lobe epilepsyScalp EEG findingsSignificant neuropsychological deficitsRadiological findingsIntracranial hypertensionPreoperative evaluationEpileptogenic lesionsSurgical managementEpilepsy surgeryLobe epilepsySurgical outcomesIntractable epilepsySingle institutionSurgical dataEpileptogenic focusMedical recordsWorse outcomes