Medial temporal lobotomy in the treatment of medial temporal lobe epilepsy: a case series of 12 patients.

Summary: Doctors have tested a new surgical technique for a specific type of epilepsy that affects the temporal lobe of the brain. Usually, surgery for this condition involves removing the hippocampus, which is crucial for memory. In this new approach, surgeons carefully removed the amygdala and cut specific connections but left the hippocampus untouched. They performed this on 12 young patients. The results were very promising: 75% of the patients became completely seizure-free, and the rest saw improvements. Importantly, the surgery was safe, with no long-term side effects like vision loss or speech problems. This method offers hope for stopping seizures while protecting memory.