Anterior Temporal Lobectomy
"Anterior Temporal Lobectomy" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A neurosurgical procedure that removes the anterior TEMPORAL LOBE including the medial temporal structures of CEREBRAL CORTEX; AMYGDALA; HIPPOCAMPUS; and the adjacent PARAHIPPOCAMPAL GYRUS. This procedure is generally used for the treatment of intractable temporal epilepsy (EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE).
| Descriptor ID |
D038481
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E04.525.044
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