An overview of the following six cortical zones that have been defined in the presurgical
evaluation of candidates for epilepsy surgery is given: the symptomatogenic zone; the�…

The objective of surgical treatment of epilepsy is seizure control and improvement of quality-
of-life of patients with medically intractable epilepsy. Confirmation of the diagnosis of�…

A series of 17 patients aged from 9 months to 32 years with refractory epilepsy due to
hypothalamic hamartoma were treated by total removal (one case) and disconnection (16�…

Purpose: This article is the first prospective documentation of the efficacy and safety of
gamma knife surgery (GKS) in the treatment of drug‐resistant epilepsies of mesial temporal�…

OBJECTIVE: Drug-resistant epilepsy associated with hypothalamic hamartomas (HHs) can
be cured by microsurgical resection of the lesions. Morbidity and mortality rates for�…

Objective The safety, efficacy, and morbidity of radiosurgery (RS) must be established before
it can be offered as an alternative to open surgery for unilateral mesial temporal lobe�…

Objective A large spectrum of surgical techniques can be proposed to young patients
presenting with hypothalamic hamartomas (HH) associated with severe epilepsy. The aim of�…

Minimally invasive surgical techniques for the treatment of medically intractable epilepsy,
which have been developed by neurosurgeons and epileptologists almost simultaneously�…

Numerous neurosurgical approaches are available for children presenting with
hypothalamic hamartomas (HHs) associated with severe epilepsy. A concern regarding the�…

Background: Gamma knife (GK) radiosurgery has been proposed as an alternative to classic
microsurgery in mesial temporal lobe epilepsy (MTLE). Short-term follow-up studies have�…